Episode 27: Effective Practice with Krissy Bergmark

27/04/2021 50 min
Episode 27: Effective Practice with Krissy Bergmark

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Krissy Bergmark is a tabla player, percussionist, and composer in the Twin Cities. Bergmarkcenters her work on bringing tabla to new genres and cross-genres through composition andperformance. She has received commissions and grants through the Cedar Commissions, theJerome Foundation, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Minnesota State ArtsBoard for her tabla studies and compositions for tabla, percussion, and strings. She was also aparticipant in the International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at Banff Center for Artsand Creativity in 2018, and Silkroad Ensemble’s Global Musician Workshop in 2016. Sheperforms with her progressive folk trio Sprig of That, electronics and tabla duo Lo.mocean, and a variety of other musicians in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Chicago, and New York. Krissy is a2010 graduate of Northern Illinois University and a 2012 graduate of the University ofMinnesota. She is an Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Gustavus Adolphus College. Krissyendorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets. You can stay updated on her latestrecordings, projects, and performances via Facebook, Instagram, and krissybergmark.com.