Bonnie Schneider

A large part of this is due to the fact that I completed the Bachelor of Music Program at Boston University in 1963, but also as an educator (Brown University 1970-75) as well as having observed the liberal arts education from a first-hand perspective (Brown University) It is my belief that educational programs should incorporate studies in art along with other areas of study. It's not surprising that an ethnomusicologist holding a PhD and MA from UCLA is keen on the arts. My ethnomusicology degree, which I began from UC Berkeley in 1975-1976, is comfortably located in the music department at a College of Letters and Science. I like pursuing multiple pursuits and seeing the big picture. Undergraduates as well as graduate students (for whom I wrote three textbooks: Music in India, The Classical Traditions of India, Thinking Musically: Music in Japan - Experiencing Music - Expressing Cultural Expression) enjoy my teaching. Also, I rotate periods during which I focus on primarily teaching along with times when I incorporate administrative work to the mix (Chair of the Department of Music 1983-88, Dean of Undergraduate Advising 1992-98; Chair of all the Deans at the College of Letters and Science 1994-98, Chair of the Group of Asian Studies in 1999, and is now the as Chair of the Department of Music again).