Atlanta Koi Club (www.atlantakoiclub.com) members, David Boyd (president) and David Pugh will join us to speak about their passion for Koi.  The nonprofit organization began as a group of 20 individuals in 1998 and has grown to over 190 members today.  Mr. Pugh and Mr. Boyd will share with us how their own passion for this beautiful fish began and how they share it with others through the work of the Atlanta Koi Club.  They will also provide interesting facts about the origin of Koi breeding in Japan and the factors that have led to its increase in popularity around the world.  

Jason Freeman (www.jasonfreeman.net) is an assistant professor of music at Georgia Tech.  A composer and media artist, Jason incorporates music and technology to enable people, even those without musical training, to have a creative music experience of their own.  One of his most recent creations is the iTunes Signature Maker, a free software program that creates a musical collage of the favorite songs in an individual’s iTunes player.  Jason’s media works have been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Billboard.  His composition, Glimmer, commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra in 2004, was recently performed at the Hamabada Art Center in Jerusalem.