Bonnie Schneider

Following my graduation from a Bachelor of Music program (Boston University in 1963) However, following that I was witnessing the liberal arts as a teacher (Brown University 1971-75), I am convinced that education should be one that integrates studying the arts with study of many other disciplines. This is not a surprise since an ethnomusicologist who has a PhD and an MA from UCLA has a keen interest in the arts. The ethnomusicology course was my first in UC Berkeley (from 1975-1976) sits comfortably in a department of music in the College of Letters and Science. It's a pleasure to be able to combine several subjects. I enjoy looking at the bigger picture. Students from both undergraduate and graduate levels (for whom I wrote three texts - Music in India, The Classical Traditions of India, Thinking Musically: Music in Japan - Experimenting Music and expressing Cultural Expression) I enjoy teaching. Also, I rotate periods during which I pursue primarily professorial activities and periods where I include administrative duties to my schedule (Chair of the Department of Music 1983-88, Dean of Undergraduate Advising 1992-98, Chair the Deans in the College of Letters and Science 1994-98, Chairperson of the Group on Asian Studies in 1999, and is now the Chair of the Department of Music again).