Starting out as assistant conductor to Antal Dorati in Minneapolis, Dr Robert Berglund founded the Minnesota Chorale and was Director of Music (1969-1995) at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, the largest Lutheran congregation in the United States.
He was Professor of Music at Bethel College (now University), chairing its music department from 1959 to 1995.
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