<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="" style="font-size: xx-large;">The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Call for Submissions is Now Open!</b></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 194, 50);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font size="6" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://guthman.gatech.edu/submit" target="_blank" class="">Click Here</a> for 2016 Submissions!</b></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><u class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></u></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><u class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></u></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><u class=""><b class="">What's your Guthman Instrument?</b></u></font></div><div class=""><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 1.6;" class="">Georgia Tech's 2016 Margaret </span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Guthman</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;" class=""> Musical Instrument Competition is an annual event aimed at identifying the world's next generation of musical instruments and unveiling the best new ideas in musicality, design, and engineering.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="">Wired magazine called the competition an "X-Prize for music," and contestants liken it to a TED Conference for new musical instrument designers. <span style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">Some of our previous finalists include the OP-1, Roli Seaboard, Guitarbot, among many other groundbreaking musical instruments which have since become commercially and artistically successful. Previous judges include artists such as Laurie Anderson, Richard Devine, and Young Guru, academic leaders such as Joe Paradiso, David Wessel and Tod Machover, and Music Technology industry leaders such as David Zicarelli, Eran Egozi and Tom Oberheim. The competition has received wide publicity from media outlets such as </span><a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/making-instruments-not-just-music-a-competition-for-inventors/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Arts&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=2" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">The New York Times</a><span style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">, </span><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/3041135/5-futuristic-instruments-changing-how-we-make-music" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">Fast Company</a><span style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">, </span><a href="http://www.today.com/video/savannah-tries-out-futuristic-musical-instruments-446047811840" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">The TODAY Show</a><span style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""> among others.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""> The <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Guthman</span> Competition will take place March 2- 3, 2016, at Georgia Tech's <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Ferst</span> Center for the Arts, in Atlanta, Georgia. Judges for this year's <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Guthman</span> Competition will be:</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><img alt="" src="http://guthman.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/images/pat_metheny_0.jpg" class="" style="border: 0px; min-height: 100px; width: 150px;"></p><ul style="padding: 0px 40px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;" class=""><a href="http://www.patmetheny.com/" target="_blank" class="">Pat <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important;" class="">Metheny</span></a> – An American jazz guitarist and composer, winner of 20 Grammy Awards and three gold albums.</li></ul><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><img alt="" src="http://guthman.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/images/alan_kozinn_150x150.jpg" class="" style="border: 0px; min-height: 150px; width: 150px;"></p><ul style="padding: 0px 40px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;" class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Kozinn" target="_blank" class="">Alan <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important;" class="">Kozinn</span></a> – An American journalist, music critic, and teacher, former music feature writer for the New York Times.<div style="display: inline-block;" class=""></div></li></ul><div class=""><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="C17E43B5-234C-4F05-94C4-CCAFD42B1693" height="150" width="150" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" class="" src="cid:ii_14fbc867f20695d3"><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="padding: 0px 40px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: left;" class=""><a href="http://www.idmil.org/people/marcelo_m._wanderley" target="_blank" class="">Marcelo <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important;" class="">Wanderley</span></a> – Professor of Music Technology at McGill University focusing on new instruments for musical expression.</li></ul><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="">The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2015. Approximately twenty semi-finalists will be invited to demonstrate, discuss, and perform with their instruments as they compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://guthman.gatech.edu/submit" target="_blank" class="">Click Here</a> for 2016 Guthman Submissions!</b></font></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><u class=""><br class=""></u></font></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><u class=""><b class="">The Moog Challenge (Hackathon)</b></u></font></span><b style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u></font></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><u class=""><b class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="E350885F-ADEA-4A72-B4E5-AE26C7829A52" height="201" width="150" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" class="" src="cid:ii_14fbdd241bd46e1d"><br class=""></b></u></font></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">And this year, for the first time - What's your </span><a href="http://www.moogmusic.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important;" class="">Moog</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""> instrument?</span><b style="font-size: large; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><u class=""><br class=""></u></font></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="">The <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Moog</span> Challenge is a 48-hour <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Hackathon</span> conducted at the Georgia Tech School of Music starting Friday evening, February 26 and ending Sunday evening, February 28. <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Moog</span> Challenge participants will design and build novel musical instruments using <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Moog</span> platforms and other software and hardware prototyping tools provided by Georgia Tech.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="">The <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Moog</span> <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Hackathon</span> panel of judges will be led by <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Moog</span> CEO, <a href="http://wncmagazine.com/blog/qa_with_mike_adams" target="_blank" class="">Mike Adams</a>. Participants will compete for $5,000 in prizes and the top winner will be automatically admitted as an entrant to the <span style="padding-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Guthman</span> Competition three days later.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="79584076-18AD-494B-A59F-1384DDB9333A" height="57" width="200" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" class="" src="cid:ii_14fbdd2c196c4ee5"><br class=""></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;" class=""><a href="http://guthman.gatech.edu/submit" target="_blank" class="">Click Here</a> to Register for the 2016 Moog Challenge (Hackathon)!</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>