B.A., Skidmore College (music and mathematics); Ph.D., Yale University (music theory).
In addition to teaching theory and aural skills courses, Dr. Bermgan is co-founder and coach of the Mason Modern Music Ensemble (m3e), George Mason’s new contemporary music group. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the works of Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944), a Jewish, Austro-Hungarian composer who was killed in the Holocaust. Dr. Bergman has been on the faculty of the Skidmore Summer Flute Institute since its inception in 1994 and performs with the Assisi (Italy) Chamber Music Festival. She has also held faculty positions at Skidmore College, Southern Connecticut State University, and the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, CT. Her principal flute teachers include Judy Mendenhall, Jan Vinci, Paula Robison and Ransom Wilson.