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