{"69105":{"#nid":"69105","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Maa\u0027 Featuring Sonic Generator","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn September 9 and 10 at 8 p.m., \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 an evening-length, live multimedia performance \u2013 will premiere in Atlanta Symphony Hall.\u0026nbsp; A collaboration among Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Spano, Georgia Tech\u2019s Sonic Generator\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EgloATL\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is an original contemporary creation.\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the center of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is the music composition of the same name by renowned Finnish composer \u003Cstrong\u003EKaija Saariaho\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Saariaho\u2019s work blends the use of electronics and traditional instruments and is marked by its emphasis on timbre.\u0026nbsp; Considered to be among Saariaho\u2019s most important compositions, the Atlanta premiere of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E will be performed in its entirety as the score to this new production by Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003ESonic Generator\u003C\/strong\u003E, a chamber music ensemble that combines virtuosic performance with technical innovation. Georgia Tech faculty and students will assist in the production of the work\u2019s complex live electronic sound.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EgloATL\u003C\/strong\u003E Dancemaker Lauri Stallings will choreograph and stage the work for seven principal dancers, the musicians, and Spano. A large physical chorus of dancers from gloLAB and Kennesaw State University\u2019s Department of Dance will complete the cast.\u0026nbsp; gloATL has been producing ground-breaking contemporary experience performances in Atlanta and around the country for two years.\u0026nbsp; Stallings has once again assembled an exciting creative team including Bruce Harlan, Lighting Designer; Adam Larsen, Multi-Media Artist; Anne Patterson, Scenic Designer; Tian Justman, Costume Designer; and Richard Carvlin, Production Manager.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E translates to \u201cearth,\u201d and its meaning will be seen in a tangible way in Symphony Hall.\u0026nbsp; Grass will cover the stage, and seating on the stage as well as in the hall will create a 360 degree viewing experience.\u0026nbsp; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano will not only direct the musicians on stage but will act as the \u201coperator,\u201d conducting the entire \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETickets for the two-night-only premiere of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1 \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003Eare limited.\u0026nbsp; Tickets may be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404.733.5000 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.woodruffcentertickets.org\/village2\/ticket\/reserve.aspx?perf=44442\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eor online.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E \n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.woodruffcentertickets.org\/village2\/ticket\/reserve.aspx?perf=44442\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPurchase Tickets:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \nPremium Seats - $50\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeneral Admission - $25\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStudent Tickets (with valid ID; in-person sales only) - $12\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout gloATL\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EgloATL is a collaborative platform of exceptional contemporary physical experience. \u0026nbsp;gloATL creates in a mode whose process is as important as the end result.\u0026nbsp; The forum incubates fresh, original philosophies of contemporary art and relational aesthetics through live performance, public intervention and a choreographic lab. The work reflects a genuine approach toward negotiating with space, objects, and people, in order for a dynamic of roaming to occur.\u0026nbsp; Part choreography and part interactive art installation, glo performances regularly bridge the gap between artists and audience, to explore the phenomena of reception, intention, and interpretation.\u0026nbsp; The work increasingly displays a synergy of art forms, with dance being the center of gravity, eliciting a human point of view. The choreographic language - a breadth of fresh movement extracting classical elements with the complexity and groove of today\u2019 rhythmic culture - creates emotional, physical, and entertaining bridges through the universality of gesture and essence of being.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its inaugural work 24 months ago, gloATL has created artistic experiences \u2013 5 that were free to the public - unlike any other on the Atlanta art scene. Creations include: \u201cRapt,\u201d architect Renzo Piano\u2019s Woodruff Arts Center campus; \u201cpour,\u201d Atlanta\u2019s Castleberry Hill District; \u201cThe Plum Line,\u201d Brooklyn\u2019s Wave Rising Festival;\u0026nbsp; \u201cCrea,\u201d Richard Meier\u2019s atrium of the High Museum; \u201cBloom,\u201d Lenox Square, the inaugural work of Flux Projects;\u0026nbsp; \u201cHalo\u201d, a full evening work, commission of NYC\u2019s Duo Theatre, \u201cRoem,\u201d Woodruff campus, \u201cPlum Line Revisited,\u201d Joyce Theatre AWARDS Show, \u201cHinterland,\u201d in downtown Atlanta\u2019s historic Woodruff Park, and this past February, \u201cThis is a World\u201d and \u201cChapter III,\u201d intimate non-migratory works at Goodson Yard at the Goat Farm.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EgloATL is looking forward to the rest of 2011 when it continues to expand its work with new spaces and collaborations that reach from the very center of our city. \u0026nbsp;glo returns to migratory work for the first time since November 2009, with \u003Cem\u003ELivers\u003C\/em\u003E, a new creation to premiere in FLUX on September 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Other commissions for the rest of 2011 include gloATL\u0027s second year artist residency at Kennesaw State University, a new work by Stallings at SUNY\/Purchase (NY), and a new work in the form of a short \u0022urban fantasy\u0022 entitled \u003Cem\u003EFloat\u003C\/em\u003E, to premiere in November.\u0026nbsp; gloATL is also collaborating with the Rialto Center for Performing Arts to present OFF THE EDGE \u2013 an international showcase of contemporary dance \u2013 January 26-28. \u003C\/p\u003E \n\u003Cp\u003EIn gloATL\u2019s work is a vivid line that refers to the whereabouts of mankind\u2019s existence. glo founder Lauri Stallings believes that the search for characteristics and values that belong to all times is a journey worthy of the effort; for therein lies the genuine cultural identity of a city.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Sonic Generator: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003EFounded in 2006, Sonic Generator is the contemporary music ensemble-in-residence at Georgia Tech dedicated to using technology to transform the ways in which we compose, perform and listen to music. Sponsored by Georgia Tech\u2019s GVU Center, College of Architecture, and School of Music, the group works closely with students and faculty across campus to implement technology in concert and to incorporate new research into live performance.\u0026nbsp;Sonic Generator presents a diverse lineup of music by composers such as Steve Reich, John Cage, Mario Davidovsky, Brian Eno, Louis Andriessen and Terry Riley; it is also committed to performing music of younger composers and to commissioning new works. Sonic Generator\u0027s experiments with new technologies have led the group to perform with wine glasses, iPhones, comic strips, car speakers, DJs and a robotic drummer. The ensemble also frequently collaborates with visual artists to create video projections to accompany its performances.\u0026nbsp;Sonic Generator\u0027s work has been recognized by the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E, which noted that the group was \u0022\u2026the most stimulating addition to Atlanta\u0027s musical life\u2026\u0022 in its debut season. \u003Cem\u003EInside Arts\u003C\/em\u003E, a national trade magazine for arts presenters, featured the group\u0027s innovative work with video on its front cover. Sonic Generator has performed at national conferences of the College Music Society and the Society of Composers, and its concerts at Georgia Tech routinely attract a standing-room-only crowd.\u003C\/p\u003E \n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Kaija Saariaho and \u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinnish composer Kaija Saariaho is one of the preeminent living composers of contemporary classical music. She is particularly well known for her contributions to interactive electronic music. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she wrote a number of works at IRCAM, the famous research center for computer music in Paris, using their new 4X computer, one of the first computers capable of doing sophisticated real-time signal processing of sounds in concert performance. Her works at IRCAM revolutionized the ways in which composers approach working with computers and defined new styles of composition based on deep explorations of the timbres of acoustic instruments and their transformation through electronic processing. \u003Cem\u003EMa\u00e1\u003C\/em\u003E (Earth in Finnish), written in 1991, is a 90-minute ballet exploring these ideas in a piece scored for seven musicians and live electronics. The sounds of the acoustic instruments are processed in real time on a computer to create an otherworldly backdrop to the performance that swirls around the concert venue as it is diffused from a multi-speaker array. It is a work of great historical significance that has been often performed in Europe but only once before presented in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMusic, dance and theatrical performance unites\u0026nbsp;Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano, Georgia Tech\u2019s Sonic Generator and gloATL.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-08-01 08:11:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:18","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-09-09T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-09-09T23:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-09-09T23:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-09-10 01:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-09-10 03:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-09-10 03:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"61027":{"id":"61027","type":"image","title":"Sonic Generator","body":null,"created":"1449176308","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:28","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Sonic Generator","file":{"fid":"191259","name":"sonic_generator.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sonic_generator_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sonic_generator_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":138760,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sonic_generator_0.jpg?itok=cFcsE1Il"}}},"media_ids":["61027"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1936","name":"Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"167096","name":"school of music"},{"id":"166982","name":"Sonic Generator"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKathleen Covington, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Kathleen@gloATL.com\u0022\u003EKathleen@gloATL.com\u003C\/a\u003E, 678.313.4123\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}