The Music Program at Mills has a strong reputation for producing distinguished composers, including Steve Reich, Janice Giteck, Morton Subotnick, William Bolcom, Laetitia Sonami, Paul DeMarinis, and Charles Amirkhanian.

If you are a graduate of our programs, please let us know what you are doing today by emailing music@mills.edu. Here is just a sample of the recent professional accomplishments of some of our emerging artists/alumni:

Kiku Day, MFA ’05 is pursuing a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and performed as soloist with the Odense Symphony Orchestra in Finland.

Vytautus Germanicus, MFA ’05, a resident of Latvia, attended the Mills graduate music program on a Fulbright scholarship.

Tara Rodgers, MFA ’05 received a Fulbright scholarship and is writing a book to be published by a major university press.

Eric Roth, MA ’05 is pursuing a PhD at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and has taught at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College.

I Nyoman Windha, MA ’05 has taught at Bali's National Institute for the Arts.

Wu Fei, MA ’04 received a grant from "Meet the Composer" and performed at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China.

Kymberly Jackson ’99, MFA ’04 performed at the world-renowned Apollo Theatre.

Marc Jensen, MA ’04 is pursuing a PhD from the University of Minnesota.

Julia Christensen, MFA ’03 is a visiting assistant professor of Emerging Media, a joint appointment between Studio Arts and TIMARA, Oberlin College. 

Cenk Ergun, MA ’02, MFA ’03 was nominated for the Netherlands' prestigious Gaudeamus Prize in 2006.

Noah Georgeson, MFA ’03 is a guitarist, producer, and engineer, and has worked with Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, and The Pleased.

Ann Hege, MA ’03 is pursuing a PhD from Princeton University.

Roddy Schrock, MFA ’03 earned a certificate from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague.

Shelley Burgon, MFA '02 relocated to New York in 2002 where she has performed with John Zorn, Chris Speed, Ikue Mori, and many others.

Beau Casey, MFA ’02 works for Pixar Animation Studios.

Kristin Miltner, MFA ’02 works for Leap Frog.

Anne Perez, MFA '02 joined Muse Research, Inc. as a manufacturing/production manager.

Sudhu Tewari, MFA ’02 works for Leap Frog.

Michael Trigilio, MFA ’02 has taught at Stanford University and is teaching in the Department of Visual Arts at University of California, San Diego.

Tim Walters, MFA ’02 works for Digidesign, a company that manufactures one of the finest digital-audio workstations.

Benjamin Piekut, MA ’01 is pursuing a PhD from Columbia University.

Andrea Plesnarski, MA ’01 is an award-winning musician and principal oboe for the Oakland East Bay Symphony.

Peter V. Swendsen, MFA ’01 received a Fulbright scholarship, won awards from the Josephine De Kármán and Andrew C. Mellon Foundations, and is teaching in the Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA) Department at Oberlin College.

Edward Schocker, MA ’00 was awarded a 2006 Japan-United States Friendship Commission, National Endowment for the Arts Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship.

Ted Coffey, MFA ’99 earned a PhD at from Princeton University and is teaching at the University of Virginia.

Greg Lenczycki, MFA ’99 worked at Sonic Solutions, and is currently a systems engineer at Audio Intervisual Design, where he designs and implements storage area networks interconnecting hundreds of sound and picture editorial, recording, and mixing stages across the major lots in Hollywood.

Patti Liu, MFA ’99 works for Leap Frog.

Rebeca Mauleón ’89, MA ’97 has taught at City College of San Francisco and is internationally recognized as a specialist in Afro-Cuban music.

Tom Dambly, MFA ’96 works for Digidesign, Inc.

Danielle DeGruttola, MFA ’96 performed music for the soundtrack of Werner Herzog's award-winning movie Grizzly Man.

Cheryl Leonard, MA ’96 participated in the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and her work has been featured on KQED TV’s arts show Spark and CBS’ Evening Magazine.

James Livingston, MA ’95 worked for Apple Computer.

David Kwan, MFA ’93 worked for Digidesign, Inc. from 1993–97, held the positions of technical director of the Intermedia Arts Program from 1997–2005 and visiting assistant professor of the Art and Intermedia Arts Programs, 2003–06, at Mills College.

Nicolas Peck, MFA ’92 was a sound supervisor at LucasArts Entertainment and supervising sound editor at Skywalker Sound, and is now audio director at Activision Games. Peck is also a regular contributor to Electronic Musician magazine.