Kathleen J. Mills holds degrees from Cornell and Smith Colleges and Northwestern University in piano, music education, and music history, where her piano gurus were Julian Bern, George Walker, and Gui Mombaerts.  For many years she was professor of music and gender studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.  She also taught piano at Northeast Iowa School of Music and music appreciation at a community college in Dubuque, Iowa.  While there she served as organist at First Congregational United Church of Christ.  In Taos she has performed with the Taos Chamber Music Group, Taos Chamber Singers, Opera Tazza, and the Taos Community Orchestra and Chorus.  When she’s not making music, she enjoys gardening, travel, and reading.