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