Dr. Khyle B. Wooten (b. 1988) is a native of Philadelphia, PA. Having held middle school and high school teaching positions and earning degrees in music education and choral conducting, they now is an assistant professor of music performance at Ithaca college. As a researcher, their work primarily focuses on the life and music of Lena McLin, as well as other Black women composers. Their songs have been performed multiple times at the George Shirley Competition and at the 2022 African American Art Song Alliance conference, and they’ve been commissioned by the Cincinnati Song Initiative. Wooten also composes many choral works and orchestral pieces.

-Jack Morin

This profile was created during the 2023-2024 academic year as part of the Song of America Fellowship Program, a project of the Classic Song Research Initiative between the Hampsong Foundation and the University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.