Education
Kilstofte was trained as a singer at Saint Olaf College and also studied conducting in addition to his compositional studies.
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Kilstofte was trained as a singer at Saint Olaf College and also studied conducting in addition to his compositional studies.
He earned his doctorate at the University of Michigan. Before coming to Furman, Kilstofe taught for two years at Wayne State University. Kilstofte"s works are characterized by a respect for, and a firm command of, earlier styles and compositional processes.
And his work often superimposes creative harmonic structures on lyric lines.
The music of Mark Kilstofte is published by the Newmatic Press, Boelke-Bomart, Incorporated., Gordon V. Thompson Music, Kjos Music Company, Roger Dean Publishing Company, and Equilibrium Recordings. Some of his works have been recorded.