[sdiy] FW: Musical Instrument Competition - Call for Entrees

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> From: MMA/IASIG Announcements [mailto:info at midi.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:05 PM
> 
> The Third Guthman Musical Instrument Competition - Call for Entrees
> Submit Entrees Online by October 1st 201
> 
> Inventors, composers, creators, and designers are encouraged to submit
> their musical instrument inventions to the 2011 Margaret Guthman Musical
> Instrument Competition. The  event is hosted by the Georgia Tech Center
> for Music Technology and features a grand prize of $5,000. In total,
> $10,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the best novel musical
> instruments. Entries will be accepted through October 1, 2010 via an
> Online Submission Form <http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/?p=2578>  and
> notification of acceptance will be provided November 1, 2010.  
> 
> The competition, which will take place February 24-25 2011, will be
> judged by an expert panel including Tom Oberheim
> <http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/?p=2596> , inventor of the first polyphonic
> music synthesizer, Sergi Jorda <http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/?p=2599> ,
> inventor of the Reactable tabletop musical instrument, Georgia Tech
> professor Jason Freeman <http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/?p=2603> , and
> Wired.com
> <http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/multimedia/2009/03/gallery_instrument
> s>  music journalist Eliot Van Buskirk. This annual competition is
> supported by the philanthropic gifts of Tech alum Richard Guthman in
> honor of his wife Margaret. It showcases new uses of technology to
> enhance participation in music performance and music creation. 
>  
> For more information about previous iterations of the competition,
> judging criteria, submission format etc. go to their website
> <http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/?p=2582> .
> 
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