Dr. Catherine Bergman

Dr. Catherine (Kate) Bergman completed requirements in May, 2007,

for a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in flute performance at the University

of Kansas, where she studied with Professor David Fedele and Dr. John

Boulton. She graduated with her Master’s Degree in flute performance from

Wichita State University in 2001, where she studied with Dr. Frances Shelly.

Prior to moving to Kansas in 1999, Dr. Bergman was the Director of Bands

for the Wisner-Pilger Public Schools in Nebraska for four years. Mrs.

Bergman is a native Iowan, but received her undergraduate degree in music

education from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, in 1995, where she

studied with Dr. Jay O’Leary. She plays in the Newton-MidKansas

Symphony, in addition to faculty chamber groups at Emporia State University,

including the Flint Hills Trio and the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet.

Dr. Bergman has been the flute instructor at ESU since 2002, teaching flute

lessons, flute choir, eartraining/sightsinging classes, and music appreciation. 

The ESU Flute Choir and the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet were selected

to perform at the Kansas Music Educators convention in 2005 and 2007.

Selected by audition recording, Dr. Bergman performed in the 2007

International Piccolo Symposium. The Flint Hills Trio and a solo clinic

presented by ESU instrumental faculty occurred in February, 2008. The ESU Flute Choir and Dr. Bergman’s lecture recital, “Mozart’s Attitude Towards the

Flute,” have been selected to be a part of the National Flute Association’s

convention in Kansas City in August, 2008.

Dr. Bergman’s husband, Greg,

 conducts the Newton High School Wind Ensemble, and they have a son,

Joshua.

Last Updated May 19, 2008