Kathleen J. Mills. After many years as professor of music and gender studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, pianist Kathleen Mills moved with her husband to Taos in 1999. She has performed here with Taos Chamber Music Group, Taos Chamber Singers, Opera Tazza, and Taos Community Orchestra and Chorus, among others. During a recent hiatus in Dubuque, Iowa, Kathy taught piano at Northeast Iowa School of Music, music appreciation at the local community college, and was organist at First Congregational United Church of Christ. She 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. When she’s not making music, Kathy enjoys gardening, travel, and reading.