Professional Bio

Dr. Gregory Kyle Klug (last name with long u as in blue) is a contemporary classical composer and music educator with a doctorate in music from the University of Northern Colorado, where he studied composition with Robert Ehle and R. Evan Copley, and musicology with Jonathan Bellman. He taught music theory at Grand Canyon University and jazz history at South Mountain Community College for two years before accepting the position of middle and high school orchestra director at BASIS Ahwatukee in 2017, where he has since overseen a thriving strings program.

Dr. Klug’s solo piano album Diapason released in 2013 through a successful Kickstarter. As a dedicated teacher, he composes and arranges music for his students and fellow music educators. Dr. Klug’s research and other writings, furthermore, have appeared in various scholarly and online publications: Janus Head, Sacred Science Journal, Search Journal for New Music and Culture, The Journal of the American Liszt Society, The Philosopher Journal, and Philosophical Investigations.

Dr. Klug’s work as composer, writer, and teacher is informed by diverse interests and accomplishments: he studied piano performance with Vergie Amendola at UNC, business entrepreneurship as an undergraduate at Long Island University, creative writing with Bharati Mukherjee at the 2004 Southampton College Writer’s Conference, and graphic art with Pam Capozzola in Westhampton Beach, NY. As a teenager and young adult, furthermore, he worked for Brian V. Klug Landscaper, Inc. as a construction worker and tree-spade operator. A native Long Islander, he is currently based in Phoenix where he shares life with Renee Ronika Bhatti-Klug and their three spirited children. His personal interests include fitness, outdoorsmanship, and literature.