Music Style Classical Guitar, Art Song, Chamber Music

Artist History Jonathan Kulp (b. 1970) is Assistant Professor of Music History and Theory at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette School of Music. 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 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. At UTC he studied guitar under the renowned Cuban guitarist Mario Abril, and composition under Peter Temko. As a composer, Kulp was the youngest of eight winners selected in G. Schirmer's 1995 Young Americans Art Song Competition, and his winning song "Canción tonta" was subsequently published in The Art Song Collection, the first volume of "G. Schirmer's New American Voices Series." His Danza Dominicana (1996) and Danza Cubana no. 1 (1997) for solo guitar were recorded by Steve Kostelnik on the Naxos label, and in 1999 he was commissioned by La Follia Austin Baroque to write the chamber work "rosetree follies," based on a poem by e.e. cummings. More recently he was commissioned by tenor/guitarist Matthew Hinsley to write "Five Poems of Emily Dickinson," a song cycle for voice and guitar. The songs were premiered by Hinsley in November 2002 at Ashland University. Kulp holds a Master's degree in music theory and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Texas at Austin. His doctoral dissertation is a study of the art songs of Argentine Composer Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000). Dr. Kulp is a contributor to "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" and the German music encyclopedia "Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart." His article "Carlos Guastavino: the intersection of musica culta and musica popular in Argentine song" will appear in the Latin American Music Review in the spring of 2003.

Press Reviews "[Steve] Kostelnik gave a robust performance of these dances [Danza Dominicana, Danza Cubana no. 1, Danza Cubana no. 2], effectively weaving various rhythms and polyrhythms with the three songs' infectious, graceful, and uplifting melodies." Coral Gables Gazette, September 19-25, 2002 "[Y]our music...is very well done. I have to admit, for classical guitar it is very inventive and I think people should know about your work." Kevin Gallagher, winner of the 1993 Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition

Location Lafayette, Louisiana - USA

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