Gary S. Karpinski

Gary S. Karpinski (b. 1957) is Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Music Theory program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has also served on the faculties of the University of Oregon, Brooklyn College, and Temple University. Karpinski is the author of two textbooks published by W. W. Norton: "Manual for Ear Training and Sight Singing" and "Anthology for Sight Singing," which also include an extensive Instructor’s Dictation Manual, Student Recordings CD-ROM, and an Instructor’s Anthology Search Disc. His seminal monograph "Aural Skills Acquisition" was published by Oxford University Press, and he was the editor of the "Festschrift for George Perle." Karpinski has published articles on aural skills, music theory pedagogy, early twentieth-century music, and computer-assisted instruction in various journals, including "Music Theory Spectrum," "Music Theory Online," "The International Journal of Musicology," and "The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy." Karpinski was born in suburban Philadelphia. He earned bachelors and masters degrees from Temple University, also studied at Peabody Conservatory and the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and earned a Ph.D. in music theory from the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research interests include music theory pedagogy, aural skills acquisition, music cognition and perception, early twentieth-century music, and Schenkerian analysis.