Kyle Vanderburg
Composer in Residence and Assistant Professor of Practice
Faculty
Challey School of Music
- kyle.vanderburg@ndsu.edu
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Office: Challey Hall 209
Kyle Vanderburg (b. 1986) is a composer and sound artist whose music lurks somewhere in the Venn diagram between “this sounds familiar” and “what was that!?” Raised in southeast Missouri, where the Mississippi River valley meets the Ozark foothills, Kyle grew up listening to a mix of American hymnody, bluegrass, high school band music, and power tools. You might say his work explores nostalgia, memory, and place.
Kyle's music has been played and/or listened to on five continents. Some of those performances were at places like ICMC, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, Sonorities (UK), Festival Futura (France), MUSLAB (Mexico), ClarinetFest®, the Diffrazioni Festival (Italy), and the College Music Society (assorted). He’s a serial finalist for The American Prize in various composition categories. His music can be heard alongside better pieces on releases by Ablaze, Ravello, Zorno, and Cero Records.
Areas of Study & Research
- Acoustic Music Composition
- Electroacoustic Music Composition
- Music Composition Pedagogy
- Music Publishing
Other Research Interests
- AI in Music
Courses Taught
- Applied Composition
- Skills for Academic Success
- Theory and Analysis I
- Music Entrepreneurship
- Instrumental Arranging
Professional Associations
- American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
- College Music Society
- International Computer Music Association
- Music Publishers Association
- Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
Links
Education
- DMA, Music Composition, University of Oklahoma
- MMus, Music Composition, University of Oklahoma
- AB, Music, Drury University