Experimental Music Performance Transforms Gainey Hall

One-night event blends electronic music, spatial audio, and generative visuals in an immersive experience.

Published on Mar. 8, 2026

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The Art of Experimental Music: Sound, Space, and Imagination is a one-night immersive performance that transforms Gainey Hall into a living, responsive instrument. Blending experimental electronic music, spatial audio, live performance, and real-time visual processing, the evening invites audiences to experience sound as something that moves, listens, and evolves in the moment.

Why it matters

This event represents the cutting edge of experimental music and audiovisual art, showcasing how technology can be used to create immersive, responsive performance environments that challenge traditional notions of music, visuals, and the relationship between human and machine creativity.

The details

Presented by artists from Georgia Institute of Technology and Savannah College of Art and Design, the performance unfolds across a series of distinct movements. Musicians and visual artists collaborate with generative systems that interpret and respond to human gesture, blurring the boundary between performer and instrument. Sound travels throughout the room via multichannel spatial audio, while large-scale projections translate musical and physical gesture into evolving visual form.

  • The event takes place on March 8, 2026 in Gainey Hall.
  • It is a one-night only performance.

The players

Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith leads the production, performing with generative electronic systems that respond in real time to the musicians onstage.

Ishaan Jagyasi

Ishaan shapes the sonic and visual environment through spatialized sound and generative visuals, creating immersive audio landscapes that move through the room and respond dynamically to performance.

Brian King

Brian King is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer whose work spans film, television, theater, and live performance.

Lilly Patterson

Lilly creates live illustrations on a large touch screen, with her drawings processed in real time by a generative AI system.

Alexandria Smith

Dr. Alexandria Smith performs trumpet with custom interactive systems, exploring the relationship between body, instrument, and machine.

Ryan Baker

Ryan performs guitar in dialogue with a visible industrial robotic arm that plays singing bowls.

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What’s next

Tickets for the one-night event are on sale now through the Gainey Hall box office.

The takeaway

This immersive performance showcases the cutting edge of experimental music and audiovisual art, blending human creativity with generative technology to create a truly unique and responsive experience for the audience.