About the AuthorGary S. Karpinski (Ph.D., City University of New York) is professor of music and coordinator of Music Theory at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of the groundbreaking Aural Skills Acquisition (Oxford University Press, 2000), Professor Karpinski has published articles in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Music Theory Online, International Journal of Musicology, and The Computer and Music Educator.