Mills' Music Department featured in Oakland Magazine Entitled “The Evolution Starts Now; Mills College Pushes the Limits of Contemporary Sound,” the cover article by Derk Richardson begins with the early influences of Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, John Cage, and Darius Milhaud, and provides an in-depth overview of the department’s development as a vital force in experimentalism and creativity in contemporary composition and performance.
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Mills' Center for Contemporary Music celebrates 40 years
A series of three concerts In Los Angeles, Oakland, and New York will mark the 40th anniversary of the Center for Contemporary Music (CCM) at Mills College, and its enduring legacy at the vanguard of experimental and electronic music.
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Composer and Performer Roscoe Mitchell Appointed Darius Milhaud Chair in Composition
The Mills College Music Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Roscoe Mitchell as Darius Milhaud Chair of Composition. He will assume the three-year position in fall 2007. The Milhaud Chair was established in 1979 in honor of Darius Milhaud who taught at Mills from 1941 to 1971.
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Laetitia Sonami Named 2007 David Tudor Composer-in-Residence at Mills
A composer, performer, and sound installation artist who designs and builds her own instruments, Laetitia Sonami has been named the 2007 David Tudor Composer-in-Residence at Mills College. Since 1991 she has developed and adapted new gestural controllers to musical performance and composed works with these materials.
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Events 

2007–08 Concert Series
Our annual Concert Series, hailed as one of the "gems of Bay Area culture," presents a refreshingly diverse blend of experimental, world, and traditional Western art music performed by artists such as Angela Hewitt, Kazue Sawai, Louis Lortie, Ikue Mori, Ali Akbar Kahn, Wadada Leo Smith, and Luc Ferrari. The series is held in our historic, 500-seat Concert Hall*, which has excellent acoustics for vocal, instrumental, and ensemble performances by students and visiting performers. Concert Schedule 

2007–08 Songlines Series
The Center for Contemporary Music presents a series of public events performed in the more informal setting of the Mills Ensemble Room. This series of symposia on sound, nature, technology, and performance features guest composers, performing artists, and researchers in an intimate setting encouraging dynamic interaction between the audience and artist. 
Songlines Schedule

*The Concert Hall is undergoing renovations in 2007–08. Concerts will be held in Lisser Hall and other campus locations during this time.