Mills College

Mills College is a private women's liberal arts college located in Oakland, California, USA. It has played an important role in modern American music through its post-graduate program in experimental music.

Academics

Mills was the first women's college to offer a degree in computer science, beginning in 1974. It has recently added a new professional business school and is in the process of a feasibility study for a new law school.

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Computer science - 1974

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Mills College's post-graduate program is co-educational, and is noted for being at the forefront of experimental music study and composition. Well-known composer Luciano Berio was on the music faculty of Mills in 1962-1964, and Pauline Oliveros was the first director of The Tape Music Center (1966-1967), where she composed her electronic works Alien Bog and Beautiful Soop. Morton Subotnick received his master's degree from Mills, studying composition with Leon Kirchner and Darius Milhaud. Laurie Anderson, Dave Brubeck, and Steve Reich attended the program, as well as the famous synthesizer designer Donald Buchla. Terry Riley taught at Mills starting in the early 1970s. Avant-garde jazz pioneer Anthony Braxton has taught at Mills on an intermittent basis since the 1970s.

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Luciano Berio - Pauline Oliveros - Morton Subotnick - Leon Kirchner - Darius Milhaud - Laurie Anderson - Dave Brubeck - Steve Reich - Donald Buchla - Terry Riley - Avant-garde jazz - Anthony Braxton

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