A native of Spain, Miguel A. Roig-Francolí holds graduate degrees in composition from the Madrid Royal Superior Conservatory and Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in music theory from Indiana University. He is currently a Professor of Music Theory at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, and has also taught at Ithaca College, Northern Illinois University, Indiana University, and the Eastman School of Music. His research interests include Renaissance compositional theory and practice, the music of Ligeti, large-scale coherence in post-tonal music, and the pedagogy of music theory. Roig-Francolí is the author of Understanding Post-Tonal Music and Anthology of Post-Tonal Music (McGraw-Hill, 2008), and his articles and reviews have appeared in numerous journals and encyclopedias in the United States and Europe. Roig-Francolí's compositions have been widely performed in Spain (including performances by nine major symphony orchestras and by the National Ballet of Spain), England, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. He has received commissions from the National Orchestra of Spain and the Orchestra of Spanish Radio-TV. Among his many honors are first prize at the National Composition Competition of the Spanish Jeunesses Musicales (1981), second prize at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (Paris, 1982), the Medal of Honor from the Superior Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islands (2004), and the University of Cincinnati's A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007) and Rieveschl Award for Creative and/or Scholarly Works (2009).