David Bernstein
Professor of Music
Luther Brusie Marchant Professorship
Music 264, 510.430.2025,
davidb@mills.edu
Professional Interests: John Cage, American experimentalism, avant-garde music and aesthetics,
Arnold Schoenberg's tonal theories, post-tonal theory and analysis, 20th-century music literature,
the history of late 19th- and early 20th-century harmonic theory
John Bischoff
Associate Professor of Music
Composer
Music 244, 510.430.2331, bischoff@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition; electronic music for solo performers, computer network bands, and instrumental ensembles;
alternative tuning systems; electroacoustic instrument construction
Chris Brown
Professor of Music
Department Head
Co-Director, Center for Contemporary Music
Music 135, 510.430.2330, cbmus@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition and improvisation, interactive electronic music, musical instrument
building and new instrumental resources, sound installations, algorithmic composition, 21st-century
performance practice, world music
James Fei
Assistant Professor of Electronic Arts
Music 231, 510.430.2329, jfei@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, sound installation, live electronic music, recording, intermedia
Fred Frith
Professor of Music
Leave of Absence Sprng 2012
Music 275, 510.430.2142, frith@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition and songwriting; the performance of both composed and improvised music; collaboration in
the fields of theater, dance, and film; improvisational pedagogy
Nalini Ghuman
Associate Professor of Music
On sabbatical Spring 2012
Music 265, 510.430.2332, nalinig@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Nineteenth- and 20th-century Western classical music and opera; solo and chamber piano performance;
ethnomusicology (particularly North Indian vocal music and Welsh folk music); cultural studies; post-colonial perspectives on
musical orientalism, nationalism, and cross-cultural musical exchange
Roscoe Mitchell
Distinguished Milhaud Professor of Music
Music 276, 510.430.2200, rmitchell@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition and the performance of composed and improvised music
Maggi Payne
Professor of Music
Co-Director, Center for Contemporary Music
Music 232, 510.430.2187, maggi@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Interdisciplinary electroacoustic composition and performance; the creation of works for electronic
and visual media; music recording and editing
Visiting Scholars & Artists
India Cooke
Lecturer, Spring
Music, 510.430.2171, indiac@earthlink.net
Professional Interests: African American music and culture, violin performance, improvisation
Sara Ganz
Lecturer
Music, 510.430.2171, sganz@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Performance of opera, oratorio and recital
Pattie Hsu
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Music 217, 510.282.0170, phsu@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Ethnomusicology, Asian music with emphasis on East Asia, Asian American music, music and theater, gender performance, and cultural intersections
Heidi Lee
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Music 265, 510.430.2171, hlee@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:00
Professional Interests: Eighteenth- and 19th-century Western classical music and opera; German Romantic aesthetics, literature and music; Shakespeare in opera; musical exoticism and orientalism; contemporary opera performance
Pauline Oliveros
Visiting Professor, Fall
Music, paulineo@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, performance, telematic music and teaching, the
advancement of women in music and all the arts, frog ponds
Michael Orland
Lecturer, Fall
morland@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Music theory and musicianship, contemporary music
Zeena Parkins
Distinguished Visiting Artist, Spring
Music 275, 510.430.2142, zenpark1@me.com
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Composition; improvisation; sound installations; recording; sound processing; inventing new harps;
performances of music: acoustic/electric, analog/digital, composed/improvised; writing scores for
film, theater and dance with a particularly strong commitment to collaborative work with choreographers
and visual artists
Wendy Reid
Lecturer
Music, wendyr@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Composer, performer, producer of new music series "New Music with Birds, Frogs and Other Creatures"
Sandra Soderland
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Spring
Music 4, 510.430.2171, ssoderl@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Early music, literature and performance practices; organ and harpischord
Laetitia Sonami
Visiting Assistant Professor
Music, info@sonami.net
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Electronic music composer, performer and sound installation artist, interfaces design/build strategies
Jennifer Wilsey
Lecturer, Spring
Music 248, 650.464.1052, jwilsey@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Improvisation/composition/performance; pedagogies of improvisation, musicianship, and percussion; tuning systems; instrument building
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Staff
Steed Cowart
Concert Coordinator
Music 138, 510.430.2334, steed@mills.edu
Les Stuck
Technical Director
Music 233, 510.430.2336, les@mills.edu
Kathleen Baumgardner
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Music 137, 510.430.2171, kbaumgar@mills.edu
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