In addition, Kothman was the recipient of a Fulbright grant to study composition and electronic music at the Institute for Electro-acoustic Music in Sweden. His composition teachers have included Roger Reynolds, Russell Pinkston, Joji Yuasa, and Lars-Gunnar Bodin. Kothman has compositions available on compact discs by Cambria and New Albany. Previously a visiting Professor and Director of the Computer Music Studio at California State University, Los Angeles, Kothman comes to the University of Miami School of Music to teach applications of music technology, and to develop computer-assisted instructional materials for the undergraduate core theory curriculum. He has also done significant scholarly research into the sociology of music, institutional patronage and new music, and the aesthetics of music.
Current research involves issues relating to the pedagogy of music technology.