For the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge.