Also on this page: Adjo Amekudzi ~ Captain Planet ~ Four Stone Sun
Professors Paul Mayne & Paul Neitzel~ Reynard the Fox ~ Tim Brantley

Live Performances

Adjo Amekudzi

Adjo is a singer, songwriter and recording artist, whose music draws from her roots in Ghana, West Africa, where she was born and raised, as well as Europe and the U.S. where she has lived for the past 17 years. Her music embraces various styles, including Ghanaian high-life, jazz, R&B and rock, and her lyrics share a message of unconditional love. She plays and composes on programmable keyboards, and recorded her first album in 1991. Her most recent album titled "LOVED" was released in February 2006. Adjo Amekudzi is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, and has been a member of the faculty since 1999.

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Captain Planet

Think the planet’s problems are too big for you to make a difference? Never underestimate your own powers! You won’t believe the amazing things that can happen when you and your friends combine to work as a team and get things done!

With the help of my special team, The Planeteers, we’ll continue to work for a cleaner, greener future that celebrates diversity and cultures from every corner of the globe. We applaud YOUR efforts as a Planeteer to make our planet home, sweet home. It’s the only home we’ve got! We have to cherish it with our OWN unique powers.

THE POWER IS YOURS! With respect, CAPTAIN PLANET

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Four Stone Sun

4 Stone Sun just released their second album titled 'Seasons Change', which includes six new original songs. We are thrilled that they will be joining us for the second year in a row! Having completed the new album this past January, the band is now touring all over Georgia, Tennessee, Albama, and Florida. They will continue to add more tour dates coming this summer! The members of 4 Stone Sun are Danny Cochran (lead vocals and guitar), Chase Kowalecki (drums & percussion), Aaron Morris (bass) and Jeff Tuggle (lead guitar and vocals). Visit their official web site for tour dates and more!

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Professors Paul Mayne & Paul Neitzel

Paul Mayne is a professor, and the geosystems team leader, at the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering. During his undergraduate years he left college to play guitar for a living for 2 years, then returned to finish his degree and a received his masters. He worked for 11 years in Washington, DC as professional registered consulting engineer, then returned to Cornell Univ. to get his doctorate. Prof. Mayne has been at GA Tech since 1990. He plays 4- and 5-string electric bass guitars with various bands, including “The Maniacs”, and “Powersurge”, a band for praise & worship services at Powers Ferry United Methodist Church. Last year, Prof. Mayne played in Sydney, Anchorage, Perth, and Porto/Portugal.

Paul Neitzel is a professor in the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on the field of fluid mechanics. He joined his first band in 1964, and played music off and on with various groups through the summer of 1979. Prof. Neitzel finished his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins, and took his first academic job as a faculty member at Arizona State University.  He has been at Georgia Tech since 1990.  He gets together occasionally with friends in Atlanta and elsewhere to play music, and from time to time, sings and plays guitar for special events at a local art gallery.

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Reynard The Fox

The furry loveable red fox will be here again to remind everyone that all of the forest creatures share this planet with us and depend on us to protect the environment for them as well as for ourselves. Reynard's handler, Kevin Pittman, is a Georgia Tech graduate and current employee of OIT. In his spare time, Kevin runs his own entertainment business, 'Kevin Pittman and his Forest Friends', doing fairy tale style puppet shows and costume character greetings with his own cast of handmade animal puppets and costume characters. Kevin's characters have appeared all around the Greater Atlanta area, most notably at the Marietta Arts and Crafts Festivals, the Atlanta Parent Family Block Party, and the Children's Healthcare Festival of Trees.

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Tim Brantley

When describing Tim Brantley's blend of piano and acoustic rock, adjectives like familiar, comforting and honest immediately come to mind. The overall sound resembles a Pete Yorn-meets-Keane sort of style. The music blends subtle hints of pop with Brit-rock stylings of bands like Coldplay and Travis. The vocals are a bit rootsy and completely natural. Twelve tracks of pure brilliance comprise Brantley's first full-length album Bon Voyage, a sort of send-off to his old self and old life. It's a mellow yet upbeat record that delivers a stripped-down but still well-produced compilation of songs.

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Please Note: To see pictures of our 2005 live performers visit the photo gallery!