Kyle Kindred

Kyle Kindred, DMA

Professor of Theory and Composition,

Director of Composition Studies

School of Music, 322 | 936.294.1377 | kdk001@shsu.edu

Division | Composition & Theory

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Recent winner of the American Prize, Kyle Kindred (b.1978 - he/him) is Professor and Director of Composition Studies at the Sam Houston State University School of Music. His melodramatic and occasionally theatrical musical works have been performed throughout the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, and South America. Kindred’s original music currently serves as the score for the LEGO Harry Potter and the Transgender Witch series available on YouTube. Other recent projects include Symphony No. 1 for Winds and Percussion: The Remnant (2021 American Prize Winner) and a trio for clarinet, cello, and piano called Sleeping Bear which was premiered at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest 2021.

Kindred is currently composing a full-length musical, Ruffled Flourishes, with former Deputy White House Spokesman Peter Roussel (based on Roussel’s novel of the same name) as well as a score for the feature-length film Tasmania. He is a featured composer in the GIA Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series as well as a contributing author for GIA Publications’ Composers on Composing for Band, Volume 4, edited by Mark Camphouse.