 | Kyle Gullings is a versatile, collaborative composer of stage, vocal, chamber, and orchestral works whose projects have traversed topics including environmental awareness, Sumerian legends, nuclear weaponry, mental illness, and copyright issues. A 2011 and 2008 Regional Winner in the SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition, he has received national and regional performances through the Society of Composers, Inc., the College Music Society, the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival, the John Duffy Composers Institute, and the Capital Fringe Festival. He has been performed by Altra String Quartet and Chicago Miniaturist Ensemble, and commissioned by the Catholic University of America Women's Chorus. Dr. Gullings joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Tyler in 2011. He has been actively engaged in post-secondary music education since 2006. An active member of College Music Society, Society of Composers, Inc., and New Music USA, he is continually developing new pedagogical materials and techniques for use in undergraduate theory courses. Dr. Gullings completed his D.M.A. in Composition at The Catholic University of America, where he was also the first recipient of their unique Stage Music Emphasis masters degree. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory/Composition from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. |
