Music
Kyle Gullings
Title: Associate Professor of Music
Department: Music
Building: FAC 2220 (Center for the Musical Arts)
Email: kgullings@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.566.7388
Degrees
- Doctor of Music Arts, The Catholic University of America
- Master of Music, The Catholic University of America
- Bachelor of Music, Concordia College
Biography
Dr. Kyle Gullings is a versatile, collaborative composer of stage, vocal, and chamber
works whose projects have traversed diverse social topics including space travel,
nuclear weaponry, mortality, mental illness, and the American Dream. He has been recognized
through the National Opera Association’s Chamber Opera Composition Competition (1 of 3 National Finalists) and the SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition (two-time Regional Winner), and has been performed across the country through the
Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival, John Duffy Composers Institute, Capital Fringe Festival, College Music Society, and Society of Composers, Inc.
Dr. Gullings joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Tyler in 2011, where
he is currently Director of the School of Performing Arts and Associate Professor
of Music. He is a co-author of a forthcoming revision of opemusictheory.com, a free, online music theory textbook website. His collection of over 100 theory
assignments, Open Educational Resources for Undergraduate Music Theory, is published by the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.
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 master’s degree. He holds a B.M. in Theory/Composition from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. He enjoys running, homebrewing, playing Nintendo, and spending time with his wife Terra and their dogs Ollie and Buddy. Learn more at www.kylegullings.com.