The Path Forward: Creativity in New Instruments
As the 2021 Competition enters its next phase, we’re bringing together a panel of experts to share their work in musical instrument and interface design and to consider big questions in the field.
Grace Leslie (professor in the Georgia Tech School of Music and director of the Brain Music lab) will moderate the conversation between Peter Kirn (founder and editor of CDM, a 2021 Guthman Competition partner), Roger Linn (musical instrument designer and 2019 Guthman Competition judge, and Raghav Sankaranarayanan (Georgia Tech music technology PhD candidate).
Join us on November 17th at 1pm EST for the panel. It's not a discussion to be missed!
Grace Leslie featured on "Music and Mind"
Georgia Tech School of Music professor Grace Leslie was recently a guest on "Music and Mind", a web series hosted by renowned singer Renee Fleming, and organized by the Kennedy Center. The episode focused on the health benefits music can give to listeners.
LatinX Computer Science Students Focus of New Research
Georgia Tech and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras recently received a $2.9 million grant to design informal learning computer science curriculum and broaden access to STEM education for LatinX students.
Gil Weinberg, Shimon featured on Youtube's "The Age of AI"
Gil Weinberg and the Robotic Musicianship group in the Center for Music Technology were featured on the Youtube original series "Age of AI", hosted by Robert Downey Jr. The first episode heavily featured Shimon, the prosthetic drumming hand, and the Skywalker hand as major points of interest.