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[3] and the Consulate General of Bulgaria in New York.

[1] The school was founded in early 2005 by educator Neli Hadjiyska[3][4][5] with the initial purpose of helping the chorus children read and understand Bulgarian lyrics.

[2][6] In 2010, Gergana was incorporated as a nonprofit in the State of New York, and in 2012, it passed guidelines according to which its "mission is to provide free education to students from preschool to 18 years of age in the Bulgarian language, music and culture through choral and solo singing, acting, Bulgarian language, literature and history classes, publishing of free study materials, as well as other educational modalities.

[7] The Gergana children's chorus with director Krassi Ivanchev, vocal coach Stefka Evstatieva and pianist Magdalena Dushkina has performed (as of June 16, 2013) a total of 66 concerts, including some at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, and the United Nations headquarters.

Its purpose is also to serve as a Bulgarian language course for English-speaking parents, other family and friends and engage them with Gergana activities.

[1] Currently, a documentary film is being made on Gergana's work on the latter, to be shown in late 2013 on Bulgarian National Television and Bulgarian-language BG7 TV in Chicago.

Gergana students have won essay-writing awards from the national Stefan Gechev Children's and Youth Literary Competition held annually by the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.

In January 2013, it moved to the Robert F. Wagner Middle School (MS 167) building on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where it uses the auditorium and several classrooms on the first floor.