Kyle Vanderburg grew up in southeast Missouri where the Ozark foothills meet the Mississippi River valley. His electronic works often play with familiar sounds in new contexts (like duct tape that brings about the apocalypse or rockets powered by steam) and his acoustic works feature memorable melodies and a very fluid sense of time.

He lives in Fargo, where he's composer in residence at the Challey School of Music at North Dakota State University.

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Tape Piece released on Electronic Masters vol. 10.
Electronic Masters showcases some of the most dynamic voices in contemporary electronic composition. Past releases have received praise for their sheer variety, intellectual depth, and sonic artistry. With works described as “positively vibrant,” “masterly,” and “highly impressive,” Electronic Masters has become an essential series for listeners seeking innovation and creativity.

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You Can't Outrun Your Daydreams released on Muslab Planeta Complejo Vol. 1-2-3.
MUSLAB – Planeta Complejo is a selection of sound pieces from the MUSLAB exhibition. MUSLAB is an International Electroacoustic Music Exhibition that aims to bring together and disseminate the creation and sound exploration of artists from different countries around the world, promote the creative process and contemporary artistic communication, to bring new audiences closer to contemporary sound creation, and create an international community network through the development of different cultural activities, training in new technologies and sound art concerts.

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Creatures from the Black Bassoon released on Mind & Machine Vol 3.
MIND & MACHINE VOL THREE offers a new look into the Ravello Records series of electro-acoustic and electronic music lauded by critics as “interesting and captivating” (Cinemusical). This latest edition features an array of composers and sound-artists who offer his or her own striking exploration into the means by which technology can be used to alter time and form to create entirely new musical experiences.

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News

November-December Updates

01/05/2025 07:11 PM

I set out to do a monthly update at the end of November, but then finals week got the best of me. So here’s November AND BONUS December. November started out with a trip to the annual College Music Society conference in Washington, DC. I had a tape piece (The Earth Shall Soon Dissolve Like […]

Tape Piece released on Ablaze Records Electronic Masters vol. 10

12/20/2024 03:38 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Kyle VanderburgEmail: info@kylevanderburg.comWebsite: https://KyleVanderburg.com Kyle Vanderburg’s Innovative Work Featured on Electronic Masters Vol. 10 by ABLAZE Records Fargo, ND – 12/19/2024 – Composer and sound artist Kyle Vanderburg is proud to announce the release of his fixed media work, Tape Piece, on Electronic Masters Vol. 10, which became available worldwide on November […]

September-October Updates

11/02/2024 02:47 PM

I didn’t take a ton of interesting pictures the past two months–lots of teaching and organization and tech support. But here’s the interesting bits of the middle of the fall semester. I finished writing a piece for Bassoon and Electronics. This isn’t what it’s called now, but it was called this very briefly (more info […]

“Letters to the Poetry Editor” selected for performance in Michigan

10/10/2024 02:54 AM

From the inbox: Dear composers, Thank you all for your submissions to the Trans-Pacific Trio call for scores! We would like to extend a special thank you to those who composed music specifically for our ensemble. Part of our reason for this call for scores was simply the lack of repertoire for our instrumentation, and […]

June-July-August highlights

09/01/2024 05:26 PM

I’ve worked on some projects this summer (furniture, writing, parenthood), and I’ve been trying to stay away from social media, with varying results. So here’s a brain dump of things from this summer. I finally refinished the last of the six mission-style chairs I bought from the University of Oklahoma in the mid-2010s. And then […]


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