Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology
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The Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT)[http://www.gtcmt.gatech.edu GTCMT Website] is an interdisciplinary research center housed at Georgia Institute of Technology College of Design. The Center, founded in November 2008,[http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/11/03/daily91.html Atlanta Business Chronicle] by Gil Weinberg focuses on research and development of new musical technologies for music creation, performance and consumption.[http://chronicle.com/article/ComposersComputers-Work/25730 Chronicle of Higher Education]
Research
Research in the center focuses on innovative musical technologies that transform the way in which music is created, performed and consumed.[http://www.technologytransfertactics.com/content/2010/12/15/georgia-tech-center-for-music-technology-strikes-the-right-chord/ Tech Transfer News] Research groups include Robotic Musicianship, Distributed, Music Informatics, Mobile Music and Sonification.
Musical Initiatives
GTCMT is home for a number of artistic and musical initiatives:
- The Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition{{cite web |title=Finding Our Way and Inventing Musical Instruments (Published 2013) |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/science/finding-our-way-and-inventing-musical-instruments.html?_r=3&}} - an annual event focusing on identifying new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering, and performance.
- Sonic Generator{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu/ |title=Sonic Generator Website |access-date=2014-01-20 |archive-date=2014-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204035207/http://www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu/ |url-status=dead }} - a contemporary music ensemble-in-residence dedicated to the performance and exploration of music composed, shaped, influenced, enhanced, and created by the use of technology.
- Listening Machines[http://www.gatech.edu/hg/item/203611 Listening Machines] - An annual student concert series.
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