Professor of Music
Phone: 903.565.5653
Email: kgullings@uttyler.edu
Building: FAC 1215
Department: School of Performing Arts
Additional Department: Music
Kyle Gullings
Biography
Dr. Kyle Gullings is an educator, scholar, and composer. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Tyler in 2011, where he is a professor of music theory and composition. He served as Director of the School of Performing Arts from 2019 to 2023.
Gullings is committed to improving and increasing access to undergraduate instruction in music theory and composition nationally. He is a co-author of the free, online open educational resource (OER) music theory textbook , supported by two OER development grants totaling $45,000 from . His peer-reviewed articles appear in and . His free and editable collection of over 100 original lower-division music theory course documents, 鈥�,鈥� is published on the peer-reviewed Resources page of the .
As a versatile, collaborative composer of stage, vocal, and chamber works, Gullings鈥� projects have traversed diverse social topics including space travel, nuclear weaponry, mortality, mental illness, and the American Dream. He has been recognized through the American Prize (), the (1 of 3 ) and the /ASCAP Student Composition Competition (two-time Regional Winner), and his music has been performed across the country through the 鈥檚 Page to Stage Festival, (now the John Duffy Institute for New Opera), , , and ., and by the and .
Gullings completed his D.M.A. in Composition at , where he was also the first recipient of their unique Stage Music Emphasis master鈥檚 degree. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory/Composition from in Moorhead, MN. He enjoys running, home brewing, and spending time with his wife Terra and their dogs Ollie and Buddy.
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