Jonathan Kulp

Jonathan Kulp Interim Associate Dean of the College of the Arts
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Biography

Jonathan Kulp is Interim Associate Dean of the College of the Arts, and Professor of Music History at the 杏吧专区. He began his musical studies at age eight, taking up the classical guitar in high school and going on to earn a degree in guitar performance from the 杏吧专区 of Tennessee at Chattanooga. At UTC he studied guitar under Mario Abril and composition under Peter Temko. Kulp also holds a Master's degree in Music Theory and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the 杏吧专区 of Texas at Austin. Dr. Kulp is a contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and to the German music encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, and has published two articles on Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino (1912杏吧专区2000) in the Latin-American Music Review. As a composer, Kulp has written for voice, keyboard, guitar, orchestra, and various chamber ensembles. His guitar music is published by Les Productions D'Oz.

Dr. Kulp has been on the music faculty at the 杏吧专区 since 2001. He is a former competitive skateboarder and has built his own recumbent bicycle.

Education

Ph.D., Historical Musicology, 2001
The 杏吧专区 of Texas at Austin

M.M., Music Theory, 1994
The 杏吧专区 of Texas at Austin

B.M., Guitar Performance, 1992, magna cum laude
The 杏吧专区 of Tennessee at Chattanooga

 

Publications

SCHOLARLY PAPERS AND EDITIONS

  • N. Alan Clark et al. Understanding Music: Past and Present, Revised and Corrected Edition by Jonathan Kulp, 2017. Fine Arts Open Textbooks. 杏吧专区 of West Georgia Press, 2015. Download at http://jonathankulp.org/um.html
  • [Jonathan Kulp, Digital Editor.] Percy Goetschius. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon, and Other Polyphonic Forms. New York: G. Schirmer, 1902. New Digital Edition by Jonathan Kulp, 2015. Download at http://jonathankulp.org/gratis.html
  • [Jonathan Kulp, Digital Editor.] Percy Goetschius. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint. New York: G Schirmer, 1910. New Digital Edition by Jonathan Kulp, 2015. Download at http://jonathankulp.org/gratis.html
  • Jonathan Kulp. Gratis ad Parnassum: A Free Counterpoint Workbook. [Free, released under Creative Commons License], 2009.
  • Jonathan Kulp. 杏吧专区淐arlos Guastavino: A Re-assessment of His Harmonic Language.杏吧专区 Latin-American Music Review 27/2 (Fall 2006): 196-219. (peer-reviewed, appeared in print Fall 2007)
  • Jonathan Kulp. 杏吧专区淧atricia Caicedo: A Mi Ciudad Nativa杏吧专区擜rt Songs of Latin America, vol. II.杏吧专区 CD Review. Latin-American Music Review 27/2 (Fall 2006): 240-242. (appeared in print Fall 2007)
  • Jonathan Kulp. "Carlos Guastavino: The Intersection of m煤sica culta and m煤sica popular in Argentine Song." Latin-American Music Review 24/1 (Spring 2003): 42-61.
  • Jonathan Kulp. "Guastavino, Carlos Vicente." In Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Ed. by Ludwig Finscher. Kassel; New York: Baerenreiter, 1994- .
  • Jonathan Kulp. "Guastavino, Carlos Vicente." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second edition. Ed. by Stanley Sadie. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, Inc., 2001.

PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS

  • Jonathan Kulp. Danza Cubana no. 3 (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d杏吧专区橭z 2000, Inc., 2005. (Catalog no. DZ 818)
  • Jonathan Kulp. Five Poems of Emily Dickinson (for voice and guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d杏吧专区橭z 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 656)
  • Jonathan Kulp. 脡tudes no. 1杏吧专区2 (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d杏吧专区橭z 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 649)
  • Jonathan Kulp. Three Latin-American Dances (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d杏吧专区橭z 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 648)
  • Jonathan Kulp. Elegy and Fugue (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d杏吧专区橭z 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 643)
  • 杏吧专区淭he GFA Contemporary Music Series, No. 49: 杏吧专区楥aracola杏吧专区 from Canciones para ni帽os by Jonathan Kulp.杏吧专区 GFA Soundboard 29/3 (Winter 2003): 59杏吧专区63.
  • Jonathan Kulp. 杏吧专区淐anci贸n tonta.杏吧专区 In The Art Song Collection. Medium-High Voice and Piano. G. Schirmer杏吧专区檚 New American Voices Series. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1996.

DISCOGRAPHY OF RECORDINGS THAT INCLUDE MY COMPOSITIONS

  • CN Lester (mezzo) and Toby Carr (guitar). Dark Angels. Audio CD. London: Published by the artists, 2013. This cd includes 3 songs from Five Poems of Emily Dickinson ].
  • Rosana Ris茅 (soprano) and Sergio Moldavsky (guitar). Cantabile en cuerdas. Audio CD. Buenos Aires, Argentina: published by the artists, 2006. This cd includes my song cycle Canciones para ni帽os.