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
John Bischoff
Assistant Professor
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
Luther B. Marchant Chair
Co-Director, Center for Contemporary Music
Intermedia Arts 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 231, 510.430.2329, jfei@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, sound installation, live electronic music, recording, intermedia
Fred Frith
Professor of Music
Mary S. Metz Professorship for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching
Department Head
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
Nalini Ghuman
Assistant Professor of Music
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
Amy Beal
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring
Music
India Cooke
Lecturer, Spring
Music, 510.430.2171, indiac@earthlink.net
Professional Interests: African American music and culture, violin performance, improvisation
Beth Custer
Lecturer, Spring
Music
Elizabeth Eshleman
Visiting Assistant Professor
Music 248, 510.430.2335, leshlema@mills.edu
Office Hours: Fridays 10:00-11:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Singer and pianist, contemporary and adventurous music, long-forgotten folk songs,
jazz
Matthew Goodheart
Lecturer, Spring
Music
Pauline Oliveros
Visiting Professor, Fall
Music, 510.430.2200, paulineo@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, performance, telematic music and teaching, the
advancement of women in music and all the arts, frog ponds
Sandra Soderland
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Fall
Music 4, 510.430.2171, ssoderl@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Early music, literature and performance practices; organ and harpischord
Michael Zbyszynski
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Music 4, mzbyszynski@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays 2:15-3:30
Professional Interests: Composition and improvisation, flutes and saxophones, interactive electronic music,
sound art, molecular gastronomy
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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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