Chisholm Middle School Bands

GREG BERGMAN

Mr. Bergman is in his eighteenth year of teaching and his eleventh year at Newton USD 373. He directs both bands at CMS, and team-teaches the sixth grade band at the Santa Fe 5/6 Center. He also teaches at Newton High School, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble II, Marching Band, and Pep Band. Before coming to Newton, he served as the Assistant Director of Bands at Wichita East High School, and had a graduate teaching assistantship at Wichita State University, where he directed the WSU Shocker Basketball Band and assisted with the teaching of instrumental conducting and music education courses. Prior to this Mr. Bergman held a position with the Stanton Community Schools in Nebraska. In 1999 he received the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association Outstanding Young Band Director Award, and was named Band Director of the Year by the Mid-State Activities Conference. As a trumpet player, Mr. Bergman has performed with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Metropolitan Ballet Orchestra, Wichita State University Faculty Brass Quintet, Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra, and other professional ensembles in Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Mr. Bergman has been published in the Journal of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and currently serves on the executive board of the Kansas Bandmasters Association.