Bonnie Schneider

Partly since I graduated from my Bachelor of Music Program at Boston University in 1963, and also because I am an educator (Brown University, 1970-75) I have been a student of the liberal arts program in person (Brown University) It is my belief that it is important to integrate education and the study of art with different subjects. This is not surprising to the ethnomusicologist (MA 1967 and PhD from UCLA)! It's not a surprise that the department for ethnomusicology located at UC Berkeley, where I taught from 1975 until 1976 sits in a College of Letters and Sciences' Department of Music. It's fun to pursue multiple areas of interest. It is also fun to see the bigger view. It's an absolute pleasure to instruct graduate and undergraduate students. I am a published author of three books: Music in India: the Classical Traditions; Thinking Musically and Music in Japan, Experiencing the Music of Expressing Culture. In between, I'll alternate between periods of primarily academic pursuits and administrative tasks (I was Chair of the Department of Music from 1983 to 1988, Dean of undergraduate Advising in 1992-98 and Chair of the College of Letters and Science Deans 1994-98; Chair of Group of Asian Studies since 1999 and I am now the Chair of the Department of Music).