Atlanta Science Festival connects art, science, music and design in Guthman Musical Instrument Competition

March 6th, 2024

The Atlanta Science Festival presents The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition on March 9, and the finalists will perform with their instruments in hopes of winning $10,000 in prizes. (Georgia Tech School of Music)

The Atlanta Science Festival returns March 9-23 with more than 150 interactive and educational events in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Within the festival, at the intersection of music and technology, is The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. For the past 26 years, Georgia Tech’s Department of Music has welcomed inventors worldwide to create original and exciting sound machines.

On March 9, the finalists will perform with their instruments in hopes of winning $10,000 in prizes.

Jason Freeman, professor and chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Music, joined “City Lights” managing producer Kim Drobes to discuss this year’s instrument inventors and their ideas about the future of music.