Nazareth College Bach Children's Chorus

The Nazareth College Bach Children's Chorus is comprised of students ages eight through 15 from throughout the greater Rochester area. Founded by its current director, Karla Krogstad, in 1989, the Chorus has a very busy performing schedule, singing with numerous organizations in the Rochester area. The children have sung in many languages, including Spanish, German, French, Korean, Russian, Hebrew, Latin, Polish and Swahili, and always perform from memory. The Bach Children’s Chorus has toured throughout the eastern United States and Canada, performing often with orchestras and other youth choirs. They perform regularly with the RPO for The Nutcracker. The Chorus is part of the community music program of Nazareth College.

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Karla Krogstad earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Connecticut and the Eastman School of Music. Before founding the Bach Children’s Chorus, she was organist and choir director at the Genesee Baptist Church in Rochester. More recently, she has focused her professional activities to specialize in child pedagogy. She is an active composer and arranger for children’s voices, and is certified in the Orff method of teaching. Ms. Krogstad received the 1995 “Friend of Foreign Language” and 1996 “Culture Through the Arts” awards from the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers.