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Georgia Tech students contributed to a music concert in February without ever taking the stage. They worked behind the scenes — or more precisely, at the back of the room with sound mixers and laptops.
The Sonic Generator ensemble, composed of several of Atlanta's finest classical musicians, collaborates with students and faculty from Georgia Tech's music department to explore music composed, shaped and enhanced by technology. Its concerts have included performances of classic pieces of electronic music from famous composers and music composed by Tech faculty during music department research.
"The idea was to put together the brains of faculty and students at Georgia Tech and these wonderful musicians and figure out ways to present to the public all of the amazing technologies that have affected music over the last decades and the technologies that we think are going to be affecting the way we compose, perform and disseminate music in the coming decades," said Jason Freeman, an assistant professor in the music department and executive director of Sonic Generator.
The ensemble puts on three concerts a year. Its next performance will be held at 8 p.m. April 2 at the Georgia Tech Alumni House. For more information on the group and its upcoming performances, visit www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu.
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