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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The Woodruff Arts Center will host Sonic Generator – Georgia Tech’s contemporary music ensemble-in-residence – for a free concert Monday, March 30 at 8PM Part of the group’s popular concert season, the show will feature seven of Atlanta’s top classical musicians showcasing new ways of creating, performing and listening to music.
The six cutting-edge works on the program use innovative technologies to connect music with film and visual theatrics to create compelling live experiences for concert-goers. Works by Louis Andriessen and Michael Gordon are paired with visuals by seminal filmmakers Bill Morrison and Hal Hartley, while a work by Nardelli features live audio and visual processing of a solo flutist. Music by Tristan Perich combines two percussionists with home-built electronic circuitry and an array of car speakers, Daniel Lentz’s composition gradually transforms phonetic outbursts and wine-glass tinglings into an evocative musical texture, and Javier Alvarez’s work for maracas and electronics brings virtuosity center stage.
A free reception will follow the performance, and concert-goers will have an opportunity to meet the artists and to see research demonstrations from the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology.
The Woodruff Arts Center is located at 1280 Peachtree Street, and the Rich Theater is most easily accessible from the 15th street or courtyard entrances. Parking is available at the Center’s garage on Arts Center Way and 16th Street, at the Promenade Building on 15th Street, and at Colony Square. Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff may also ride a free shuttle bus from campus to the concert; for pickup times and locations, visit www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu.
Sonic Generator is sponsored by the GVU Center at Georgia Tech and organized in collaboration with the Center for Music Technology and the Music Department in the College of Architecture. Both entities champion advancements in creativity, expression and human-computer interaction through research and education at Georgia Tech. This concert is presented in partnership with the Woodruff Arts Center.
