Autor/-in: Mark Elliot Bergman

Mark Elliot Bergman. is the director of strings at Sheridan College where he teaches double bass, composition, and music history, and directs the Sheridan College Symphony Orchestra and Sheridan College Viol Consort. In addition to his work in education, he is a bassist, composer, and author. In 2006 he founded the award-winning string trio Virginia Virtuosi. Fairfax Connections credit the ensemble with “turning classical music cool. ” In 2011 Professor Bergman received the William Strauss Fellowship from the Arts Council of Fairfax County in recognition of his work as a composer. His previous writing about popular music has been published by Oxford University Press.