Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians describes his music as “inherently pragmatic, with tertian torsion resulting in the formation of tastefully enriched triadic harmony, and with asymmetric rhythms enhancing the throbbing pulse of musical continuity.” [1] Pozdro was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1923 of Polish and German descent.

[2] He began taking piano and music theory lessons at an early age with Nina Shafran.

He later studied at the Eastman School of Music with Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, and Wayne Barlow earning his Ph.D. in Composition in 1958.

[4] He was commissioned by the Ford Foundation, the Oklahoma City Symphony, the Music Teachers National Association, Concerts for Young Audiences, the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Stanton Memorial Foundation, and The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.

His article in American Music Teacher on the nature of nonfunctional tertian harmonic progression was the first such on the subject.