Faculty |
Visiting Scholars
Faculty Who Teach Intermedia Arts |
Staff
Chris
Brown
Professor of Music
Luther B. Marchant Chair
Co-Director, Center of Contemporary Music
Program Head, Fall
On leave of absence Spring 2010
Music 243, 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 33, 510.430.2329, jfei@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, sound installation,
live electronic music, recording, intermedia
Samara
Halperin
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art Studio
Art 116, 510.430.3289, shalperi@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Experimental film and video, cinematography, 16mm
animation, production design, writing, pop culture
Faculty Who Teach Intermedia Arts
David
Bernstein
Professor of Music
On sabbatical 2009-2010
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
Ken Burke Professor of Film Studies
Professor of Art and Art History Program Head of Film Studies Mills Hall 342, 510.430.3152,
ninak@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Film, communication theory, video production, scriptwriting, social effects of
mass media
Fred
Frith
Professor of Music
Department Head of Music
Mary S. Metz Professorship for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching
Music 135, 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
Anna
Valentina Murch
Professor of Studio Art
Program Head, Spring
Art Room 116, 510.430.2182, annav@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Sculpture, installation, public art, ecological
design, collaborative projects
Maggi
Payne
Professor of Music
Co-Director, Center for Contemporary Music
Music 32, 510.430.2178, maggi@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Interdisciplinary electroacoustic composition and performance; the creation of
works for electronic and visual media; music recording and editing
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Staff
Patrice Scanlon
Technical Director
Fine Arts Annex 102, 510.430.3197, pscanlon@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Computer and experimental music composition,
interdisciplinary and collaborative performances, motion-tracking and
interactive software
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