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Jonathan Kulp is Interim Associate Dean of the College of the Arts, and Professor of Music History at the University of Louisiana at 69��ý. 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 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 University 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 (1912–2000) 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 University of Louisiana at 69��ý since 2001. He is a former competitive skateboarder and has built his own recumbent bicycle.

Ph.D., Historical Musicology, 2001
The University of Texas at Austin

M.M., Music Theory, 1994
The University of Texas at Austin

B.M., Guitar Performance, 1992, magna cum laude
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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. University 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. “Carlos Guastavino: A Re-assessment of His Harmonic Language.” Latin-American Music Review 27/2 (Fall 2006): 196-219. (peer-reviewed, appeared in print Fall 2007)
• Jonathan Kulp. “Patricia Caicedo: A Mi Ciudad Nativa—Art Songs of Latin America, vol. II.” CD Review. Latin-American Music Review 27/2 (Fall 2006): 240-242. (appeared in print Fall 2007)
• Jonathan Kulp. "Carlos Guastavino: The Intersection of música culta and música 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’Oz 2000, Inc., 2005. (Catalog no. DZ 818)
• Jonathan Kulp. Five Poems of Emily Dickinson (for voice and guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d’Oz 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 656)
• Jonathan Kulp. Études no. 1–2 (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d’Oz 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 649)
• Jonathan Kulp. Three Latin-American Dances (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d’Oz 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 648)
• Jonathan Kulp. Elegy and Fugue (for solo guitar). Quebec, Canada: Les Productions d’Oz 2000, Inc., 2003. (Catalog no. DZ 643)
• “The GFA Contemporary Music Series, No. 49: ‘Caracola’ from Canciones para niños by Jonathan Kulp.” GFA Soundboard 29/3 (Winter 2003): 59–63.
• Jonathan Kulp. “Canción tonta.” In The Art Song Collection. Medium-High Voice and Piano. G. Schirmer’s 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 Risé (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 niños.