Gary S. Karpinski (Ph.D., City University of New York) is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Theory at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.nbsp; Author of the groundbreaking Aural Skills Acquisition (Oxford University Press, 2000), Professor Karpinski's articles have appeared in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, International Journal of Musicology, and The Computer and Music Educator.