The chorus was founded in 2004 by jazz singer-songwriter Gergana Velinova helped by opera soprano Stefka Evstatieva, and with the assistance of pianist and piano teacher Pavlina Dokovska [REF] and the Consulate General of Bulgaria in New York [REF].
Gergana coöperates with the Bulgarian State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, is a member of the non-governmental Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad, and works with the concert cycle Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York and other ethnic cultural and educational organizations [REF].