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Dennis BerginDennis Bergin, a native of Clay Center, Kansas, earned the B.M. and M.M. degrees in Organ Performance from Wichita State University, where he studied organ with Robert Town. He is currently Director of Music and Organist at the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis. He is also Principal Organist for the American Kantorei of St. Louis “Bach at the SEM” concert series at Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis. He has won numerous awards in organ performance throughout the United States and in 1984 was named one of five finalists in the international Grand Prix de Chartres organ competition in Paris and Chartres, France. He was also awarded first place in the 1989 International Organ Performance Competition sponsored by the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He has enjoyed several appearances on “Pipedreams,” a nationally syndicated radio program devoted to the organ and its music. He has performed as an organ soloist throughout the U.S., as well as in duo recitals with his wife, flutist Julia Posey Bergin. Mr. Bergin has completed two concert works for solo organ: T.S. Eliot Impressions, Set I and T.S. Eliot Impressions, Set II. Both works have their inspiration in the poetry of this distinguished twentieth-century poet. The first set of T.S. Eliot Impressions was published in June 2000 by Morning Star Music Publishers of St. Louis. Mr. Bergin debuts this weekend with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
...GAS Reference Recording Volume 1
