The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition and concert is dedicated to identifying the newest and greatest ideas in music. Each year, Georgia Tech invites musical inventors from around the world to share their creations and ideas about the future of music. Professor and chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Music, Jason Freeman, recently joined “City Lights” senior producer Kim Drobes to explain the competition’s history and the extraordinary innovations it celebrates.
Interview highlights:
The evolution of the competition, from classical academia to experimentalism:
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