William Bergsma
Latest Albums
- Herbert Feldman, Roger Bobo, Elayne Jones, Lorin Bernsohn, Francis Barnard, John Parella, Richard Kuelling, Aldo Simonelli, Melvin Kaplan, Frank Porretta, Morris Newman, Robert Nagel, Kenneth Schmidt, Frederic Waldman, Stephen Harbachick, Mary Judd, Phillip Cherry, Georges Andre, Annamaria Saritelli, Andrew Lolya, Lynn Clarke, Malcolm Norton, Guy Baker, Paul Wolfe, William Sparks, Harold Levine, Christine Stavrache, Regina Sarfaty
- Matthew Kocmieroski, David Muller, Peter Christ, Joseph Meyer, Westwood Wind Quintet, John Barcellona, David Lawrence Atkins
Biography
Bergsma studied at Stanford University and at the Eastman School, and in 1946 he took a position at the Juilliard School. He participated in the curricular reforms made at the school during the 1940's. He later moved on to the University of Washington, Seattle. A tonal composer, Bergsma's works are lyrical and texturally orthodox, although he is known for his fine technical skills. He later employed avant-garde ideas in his work. ~ Lynn Vought