Current Position

I am Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Michigan and on the Executive Committee of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Research

My research interests include music and mathematics, late 19th-century music, jazz, South Asian music, e-learning, and arts technology. I perform as a classical pianist and jazz organist. I have extensive experience with model composition in classical styles of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Writings

You can find my articles in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Music Analysis, American Mathematical Monthly, Music Theory Online, Contemporary Music Review, and elsewhere. I have given numerous guest lectures and conference papers.

Experience

Associate Professor, University of Michigan

July 2001– Present

Faculty in the department of music theory.

Chair pro tem, Department of Music Theory, University of Michigan. 2010-11.

Executive Board for the Society of Music Theory, 2009-11.

Associate Professor, Yale University

July 1991 – July 2001

Faculty in the department of music theory; former editor of the Journal of Music Theory.

Education

Ph.D., History and Theory of Music, University of Chicago.

Honors and Awards

• Mathematical Association of America 2011 Merten M. Hasse award for "Musical Actions of Dihedral Groups", A. S. Crans, T. M. Fiore, R. Satyendra, American Mathematical Monthly June/July 2009.
• Fellow, Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory: Jazz and Pop 2008, Form 2004, Transformational Theory 2003.
• Clauss Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, Yale University, 1998.
• Griswold Faculty Fellow, Yale University, 1998.
• Morse Fellowship in the Humanities, Yale University, 1995.
• Ph.D. Degree defense awarded with Honors, University of Chicago, 1992.
• Ph.D. Qualifying Exams passed with Honors, University of Chicago, 1987.
• Pi Kappa Lambda, National Honorary Music Society, 1984.