Georgia Tech School of Music

Sound Through a New Lens 🔭

Join us for PRISM Pt. 1 — an evening of interactive music & art installations from our students. Robots that play guitar. LEGO-controlled tape machines. Whale shark sonifications. Biosignal-driven flutes. Human-AI improvisation. A 16-foot LED wormhole.

📅 May 2 | Exhibit @ 6:30PM, Music @ 7PM 📍 West Village 175
Featuring works by students supported through the GTCMT Seed Grant.

🎻🏆 Congratulations to the winners of this semester’s Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition!

2026 Winner:
Allen Xu — Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 (Mvt. I)

Honorable Mention (alphabetical order):
Judy Hsu — Debussy, Première Rhapsodie
Xiaomeng Ye — Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 14 (Mvt. I)

Allen will perform as a featured soloist with the Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra during the 2026–27 season.

Congratulations to all performers for their preparation and artistry this semester. 🎶

📣 Meet the 10 finalists of the 2026 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition! 🎶⚙️

From six countries across the globe, these inventors are reimagining what instruments can be—from electromagnetic séances to liquid-circuit synths, cyborg saxophones, and towering robotic fiddles.

On March 13–14, they’ll bring their wild, wonderful creations to Georgia Tech to compete for $10,000 in prizes and perform live at the Ferst Center for the Arts. Stay tuned for tickets!

📰 This year’s finalists were just featured in Popular Science!
Read the full article: https://www.popsci.com/technology/weirdest-musical-instruments-2026/

📍 Competition Concert: March 14, 7 PM
📍 Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech
🔗 Learn more: https://guthman.gatech.edu/

🚨 Submissions for the 2026 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition are OPEN NOW!! 🪧 📣

Georgia Tech’s 2026 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition is an annual event aimed at identifying the world’s next generation of musical instruments and unveiling the best new ideas in musicality, design, engineering, and impact.

The Guardian called the competition “The Pulitzer of the New Instrument World,” and The New York Times described it as having a “special, otherworldly sound that you can feel permeating your soul”, which has become the hallmark of the competition. Fast Company explained how Guthman’s “futuristic instruments will change how we make music,” and Atlanta Magazine suggested that “at the Guthman Competition, innovative instruments just might predict the future of music.”

Approximately ten finalists will be invited to attend the 2026 edition of the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta on March 13 and 14, 2026. Finalists must attend the competition in person to present their work to the judges, perform on a public concert, and compete for $10,000 in prizes. Finalists will receive an honorarium ($500 for finalists located within North America and $1000 for finalists traveling from other countries) to help defray the cost of traveling to Atlanta.

The deadline for submissions is October 10, 2025. Visit the Guthman Competition website for more details on the competition format and submitting an instrument.

Submit Your Instrument at: https://guthman.gatech.edu (link in bio)

Tis’ time for another year of singing and glee! 🎶

The Georgia Tech Glee Club is the official TTBB a ca****la group of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

We’re a non-auditioned group that sings everything from the doo-wop classics of the late ’50s to today’s modern pop hits. Everyone is welcome—whether you’ve been singing your whole life or have never sung a note, we’ll make sure you feel right at home!

📅 Every Monday and Wednesday
📍 West Village 175
🕡 6:30-7:45 PM

Come sing, make friends, and have a blast!

Introducing TeAiris Majors ( ) for our student highlight series! 🥁🎶

TeAiris Majors is an incoming Ph.D. student in Music Technology at Georgia Tech, where his work explores how virtual and mixed reality can reshape music education. With a deep background as a percussionist, educator, and technologist, TeAiris is passionate about making music learning more immersive, accessible, and inclusive.

Originally from Pensacola, Florida, TeAiris holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Florida A&M University and a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Florida. He taught high school band, directing jazz, concert, marching, percussion, and steel pan ensembles, and developed a music production course introducing students to instrumental creation, live sound, and recording. “As a music educator and percussionist, it always bothered me how difficult it is for developing musicians to access quality tools outside of school,” he said.

During his Master of Music Technology at Georgia Tech, TeAiris joined the I.M.P.A.C.T. Lab (Interactive Music Performance Audio and Creative Technologies) led by Dr. Alexandria Smith, and will continue his Ph.D. Studies in the same lab. His current research focuses on Mallets in Reality, a mixed reality platform built in Unity for the Meta Quest headset that simulates the experience of practicing on real mallet instruments. “Participants in our user study were able to successfully transfer the skills they learned in mixed reality to physical instruments,” he said.

The system allows students and teachers to connect virtually, record performances, and build musicianship without relying on expensive equipment. “I want to create a platform that embraces the music cultures of our modern communities and brings more equity and diversity into music education,” he said.

TeAiris is also a published researcher with papers presented at ICMC and ICAD 2024, where one of his papers was nominated for Best Student Paper and Best Paper. Looking ahead, he plans to remain in academia as a leader and educator, continuing to advocate for the integration of technology in music education.