William Bergsma
Latest Albums
- Phillip Cherry, Annamaria Saritelli, Georges Andre, Herbert Feldman, Morris Newman, Frank Porretta, Robert Nagel, William Sparks, Melvin Kaplan, Roger Bobo, Francis Barnard, Elayne Jones, Lorin Bernsohn, John Parella, Aldo Simonelli, Richard Kuelling, Stephen Harbachick, Frederic Waldman, Harold Levine, Kenneth Schmidt, Regina Sarfaty, Christine Stavrache, Guy Baker, Paul Wolfe, Mary Judd, Malcolm Norton, Lynn Clarke, Andrew Lolya
- Peter Christ, David Lawrence Atkins, David Muller, Matthew Kocmieroski, Joseph Meyer, John Barcellona, Westwood Wind Quintet
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