Dorothy Clark Bergquist (born August 5 1929, Queens Village, New York–died October 1 2012, Eugene Oregon) was a soprano vocalist, voice teacher, and choir director. Bergquist studied voice at the Mannes College of Music with Martial Singher and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 1956. Between 1956 and 1963, Bergquist served as a member of the voice faculty of the Mannes Preparatory and Intermediate departments and the Mannes Extension Division. In November of 1959, Bergquist participated in a memorial concert in honor of Czech composer and Mannes faculty member Bohuslav Martinů held three months after his death. She also gave a recital at Carnegie Hall on February 28, 1962 with pianist Royal Hinman.

In later years, Bergquist performed as a soloist with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Bach Festival, taught voice at Lane Community College, Willamette University, and Northwest Christian College, and maintained a private voice studio. She also served as choir director for St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Eugene, Oregon.

Peter Bergquist (born August 5 1930, Sacramento, California–died June 11 2016, Eugene Oregon) was a bassoonist, teacher, and music scholar. Bergquist studied bassoon at Eastman School of Music from 1948 to 1951, after which he served in the United State Air Force, and resumed studies at the Mannes College of Music, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in 1958. From 1958 to 1964 Bergquist served on the bassoon faculty of the Mannes Preparatory and Intermediate departments and the Mannes Extension Division. By 1960 Bergquist had received a Master of Arts degree in music from Columbia University, and he received his Ph.D. there in 1964 with a dissertation on the works of Italian Renaissance composer and music theorist Pietro Aaron.

In 1964, Bergquist joined the music faculty of the University of Oregon, where he taught bassoon, music history, and theory until his retirement in 1995. In addition to professional performance work as a bassoonist, Bergquist became a noted authority on the work of late Renaissance Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso. Bergquist edited the collection of essays, Orlando di Lasso Studies, published in 1999, and edited several installments of the twenty-one volume series, Orlando di Lasso: The Complete Motets, published between 1998 and 2006.

Dorothy Clark and Peter Bergquist met during their studies at Mannes College of Music, and married in 1956, the year that Clark graduated. The couple performed in several recitals and concerts at Mannes, both together and separately during their time as students and as faculty. After Peter accepted a faculty post at University of Oregon in 1964, the couple moved to and remained in Eugene, Oregon.

References

“Alumni Notes.” Mannes Memo 1, no. 1: (February 1957). https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/NS050601_MannesMemo_195702.

Bergquist, Jr., Ed Peter. “The Theoretical Writings of Pietro Aaron.” PhD diss., Columbia University, 1964.

“Concert Programs,” 1951-1963, Dorothy and Peter Bergquist concert programs, MP.0029.01, box m_8, folder 19-20, New School Archives and Special Collections, The New School, New York, New York.

Course Catalogs. “Mannes College of Music.” College of Performing Arts Course Catalog Collection. 1916-2006. The New School Archives Digital Collections, New York, New York.

“Dorothy Bergquist (1929-2012).” Eugene Register-Guard, October 12, 2012.

“Peter Bergquist, 1930-2016.” Legacy Remembers, July 3, 2016. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/peter-bergquist-obituary?id=17921020.

“Peter Bergquist (1930-2016).” School of Music and Dance, University of Oregon. https://musicanddance.uoregon.edu/peter-bergquist-1930-2016.

Salzman, Eric. “Dorothy Bergquist, Soprano in Recital.” New York Times, February 28, 1962: 29. https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/28/archives/dorothy-bergquist-soprano-in-recital.html?searchResultPosition=13.