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