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