We have been pleased to welcome a broad range of composers, musicians, performing artists, and scholars as part of the annual Mills Music Now series. These past guests have included:
Jon Leidecker (David Tudor Composer-in-Residence)
Shauna Fallihee, Miles Graber, Roco Córdova, Brett Carson (Darius Milhaud Concert)
William Winant, with Joan La Barbara, James Fei, & Theresa Wong
Normal (Fred Frith & Sudhu Tewari)
Nate Wooley (Vaux Composer-in-Residence)
Varvara Tarasova (Dewing Piano Recital)
Genevieve Feiwen Lee (Darius Milhaud Concert)
Myra Melford, Zeena Parkins, William Winant
Tellef Johnson (Dewing Piano Recital)
Ellen Fullman (David Tudor Composer-in-Residence)
Laetitia Sonami with SUE-C, Paul DeMarinis and James Fei
Raven Chacon (Vaux Composer-in-Residence)
James Fei
Kaija Sasariaho
Fred Frith
Zeena Parkins
Steve Adams, Josh Marshall, John Pearson, Andy Strain, Richard Worn, Brett Carson, William Winant, Jordan Glenn, Steed Cowart
Music of Barbara Strozzi — Victoria Fraser, Nalini Ghuman, Paul Flight, Jack Wilkins, Kevin Gino, Sepp Hammer, Lisa Lawson, Laura Jeanin, Amy Brodo, Jonathan Salzedo, Jon Mendle
Belle Bulwinkle, Jennifer Ellis, Kate Stenberg, David Tenenbaum, William Winant (Darius Milhuad Concert)
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female
Mendi and Keith Obadike (David Tudor Composers-in-Residence)
Nicole Mitchell (Jean Macduff Vaux Composrer-in-Residence)
Samantha Ege (Dewing Piano Recital)
Tomeka Reid with Selina Trepp and Adam Vida
Genevieve Feiwen Lee, Melissa Givens, Sara Perkins, Sarah Thornblade, Maggie Perkins (Darius Milhaud Concert)
Tyshawn Sorey (Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence)
Brenda Hutchinson (David Tudor Composer-in-Residence)
Christina Dahl (Dewing Piano Recital)
John Bischoff with James Fei and Tim Perkis
The Del Sol Quartet (Darius Milhaud Concert)
Mills Performing Group, Anthony Braxton 75th Brthday Celebration
Du Yun (Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence)
Brian Connelly (Dewing Piano Recital)
Concert Series:
Amaranth Quartet
Rumbaché
Maria Chávez
The Schimscheimer Family Trio
duo B
Las Sucias with Latetia Sonami and Zeena Parkins
Mills Performing Group
David Behrman
Joanna MacGregor
Mary and Tony Bianco Lecture Series and Artists-in-Residence:
Michael Pisaro
Jennifer Lacey
Jon Leidecker
David Grubbs
Severine Neff
Gustavo Matamoros
Okkyung Lee
Mocrep
Eclipse Quartet
Nicole Mitchell
Janet Schmalfeldt
Sara Davies Buechner
Ashley Fure
Robert Taub
Jennifer Curtis
Cheryl Seltzer
Rara Tou Limen Haitian Music and Dance Troupe
Kris Davis and Craig Taborn
Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble
Bonnie Jones
Suzanne Thorpe
Alvin Curran
Kyle Bruckmann
Rafael Toral
Dohee Lee
Judy Dunaway
Anne Hege
Carl Stone
Chad Curtis McKinney
Kala Ramnath
Barre Phillips-Jacques Demierre-Urs Leimgruber Trio
Dapplegray
Hild Sofie Tafjord
Mills Performing Group with Lindsey Cooper
Mills Performing Group with David Rosenboom, William Winant, and Jinku Kim
The William Winant Percussion Group
Blood Moon
The Hub
CalArts musicians
Hilda Paredes
Barry Douglas
Annie Lewandowski and Tim Feeney
The Hub
Shudder: Phillip Greenlief, Kyle Bruckman, Lance Grabmiller
Ken Ueno
PFL TRAJECT
Carl Ludwig Huebsch
Mark Applebaum
David Wessel and composter from the Center for Contemporary Music
Gloria Justen
Gianna Abondolo
Daniel Lockert
Sara Ganz
Belle Bulwinkle
Robert Schwartz
Shira Kammen
John Driscoll
Tim Hodgkinson and Dans les arbres
Jean Madcuff Vaux
Marc-André Hamelin
Eyvind King and Fast Forward
Mills Performing Group with Rozalie Hirs
Now Hear Ensemble
Reinier Van Houdt
Jack and Ben Wright
Bonnie Jones and Andrea Neumann
Shackle
Mary Halvorson Trio
David Tudor
Mills Performing Group with Makiko Nishikaze and Lois Vierk
Paula Matthusen
Mills Performing Group with Joan Jeanrenaud and William Winant
Simone Dinnerstein
Eclipse Quartet
Jean Madcuff Vaux
Magda Maya and Tony Buck
Keith Kirchoff and Eric Glick Rieman
Bryan Eubanks and Cat Lamb
Luciano Chessa
Bill Hsu
Gregory Lenczycki
Bill Evans
Thingamajigs
Jean-Philippe Collard
Laurie Anderson and Jean Madcuff Vaux
The Adorables
Tim Perkis and composers from the Center for Contemporary Music
David Behrman
Salomé Chamber Orchestra
Farallon Recorder Quartet
Jason Kahn
Magda Maya and Tony Buck
Tim Feeney and Vic Rawlings
ANTIMATTER / Xopher Davidson
Josef Van Wissem
Zachary Watkins
Ikue Mori and David Tudor
Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell, and Tomeka Reid
Mills Performing Group featuring the Mills Percussion Group
Gianna Abondolo
Ursula Oppens
Composers from the Center for Contemporary Music: John Bischoff, Chris Brown, James Fei, Maggi Payne,
Les Stuck
Mills Performing Group with the Eclipse Quartet and Thomas Buckner
Sandra Soderlund
John Leidecker
MURAL / Jim Denley and Kim Myhr
Matthew Goodheart
Jen Baker
Dana Reason
John Butcher
Carsten Seiffarth
Music’s Re-creation
Eclipse Quartet with William Winant and Robert Schwartz
Joel Ryan and Evan Parker
David Dunn and David Tudor
Jack O’ The Clock
Molly Thompson
CK Ladzekpo and Thione Diop
Mills Performing Group
Robert Ashley, Sam Ashley, and Jacqueline Humbert
Yasunao Tone with composers from the Center for Contemporary Music
Robert Schwartz
Pauline Oliveros
Theresa Wong
Thollem McDonas
SF Tape Music Collective
Mills Performing Group
Bobi Céspedes
Stephen Vitiello with composers from the Center for Contemporary Music
Imogen Cooper
Bob Ostertag and David Tudor
Viktoria Mullova
Julia Wolfe and Jean Madcuff Vaux
Mills Performing Group with the Eclipse Quartet
Wayne Horvitz, Kanoko Nishi, and Lê Quan Ninh with Chris Brown, James Fei, Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell, and Beth Kuster
Myrmyr