Bert Polman

POLMAN, Bert Frederick. b. Rozenburg, the Netherlands, 28 August 1945; d. Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1 July 2013. Polman spent part of his childhood in Indonesia with his missionary parents. After the family immigrated to western Canada, Polman received his education at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa (BA, 1968); University of Minnesota (MA, 1969; PhD in Musicology, 1981); and did postgraduate work at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He taught music at the Ontario Bible College in Toronto, 1975-85, and at Redeemer University College in nearby Hamilton, 1985-2005. He was Professor of Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, and Senior Research Fellow at...

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