Staff

Rebecca Kroetsch is a Music Teacher and Director based in the Buffalo area, with ten years of experience teaching a diverse range of students, primarily focusing on K-8 general and vocal music. She currently teaches general and vocal music to students in grades K-4 within the Williamsville Central School District. In addition to directing school ensembles and productions, Rebecca serves as the musical director for the Lancaster Opera House Summer Theatre Camp. Through this program, she has directed Spamalot Young@Part, Finding Nemo Younger@Part, The Addams Family Young@Part, and 101 Dalmatians Kids.

This year, Rebecca made her professional theatre musical directing debut with O’Connell and Company’s production of The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On. She also performs regularly throughout the Buffalo area, with local credits including The Importance of Being Earnest as Gwendolen Fairfax (Niagara Regional Theatre), Rocky Horror Picture Show as Usherette (Lancaster Opera House), and Nunsensations as Sister Mary Leo (Lancaster Opera House). Other notable roles include Mabel in Pirates of Penzance and Rosie in Bye, Bye, Birdie.

Rebecca holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from SUNY Buffalo and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Roberts Wesleyan College.

Gregory White is the Conductor and Music Director of the Advent Chorale of Western New York and the Organist at University Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, New York. There, he plays for worship services and accompanies the choir and soloists on the three-manual Kegg organ. Mr. White is listed in Who’s Who in America. He served as harpsichordist with the Ars Nova Musicians Chamber Orchestra for over twenty-five years and has performed as harpsichordist and organist in concerts with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. He has also appeared in chamber music recitals with local artists on Opus Classics’ Live on WBFO Radio.

Mr. White has served as a choral clinician and was a member of the Executive Board for the American Guild of Organists – Buffalo Chapter. His choirs have performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and released a CD of Handel’s Messiah with the Ars Nova Musicians Chamber Orchestra. He has toured Europe with his choirs, during which the Mayor and Common Council of Buffalo issued proclamations naming them Musical Ambassadors of Buffalo. Mr. White has performed as organist for programs and master classes in London and Cambridge, England, as well as in Paris, Versailles, and Rouen, France.

Previously a Program Director at Catholic Charities of Buffalo, Mr. White was a frequent trainer on Gender and Racial Justice. He was an invited presenter at the First, Second, and Third World Conferences for Women’s Shelters held in Edmonton, Alberta; Washington, DC; and The Netherlands. He served three years on the New York State Governor’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team and participated on various judicial committees, a National Think Tank on Batterer Programs, and was former Chair of the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence.

He served as a frequent trainer and presenter across New York State and nationally. Additionally, he traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean and South America, representing the United States Government – Partners of the Americas, Washington, DC, as a presenter, panelist, and trainer.