He is a conductor, choral singer, minister and teacher who earned his Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance at West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1976 and this Master of Music in Choral Conducting at the University of Minnesota in 1985. He undertook his doctoral studies in conducting at the University of Iowa and has also studied at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Austria.
As a choral singer he was the leader of the tenor section and an assistant conductor with the Dale Warland Singers. During his time with the ensemble he appeared in numerous concerts at home and on international tours and also performed with them on several recordings.
As a choral conductor he is a lifetime member of the American Choral Directors Association and has also been a music director for the Minnesota District of the Assemblies of God. He has been the Artistic Director and conductor of the North Central University Chorale and has performed for the American Choral Association, at Carnegie Hall and been on at least 15 international tours with them. In the 2004-5 season the Minnesota Music Educator’s Association name him the All State Choir Director and more recently he has led the Chrismon Chorale and the St. Andrew Canticle Choir.
Working as a minister he has been a music pastor for several years and has been a licenced minister of the Assemblies of God since 1979.
Recordings he has performed on include Worship Live: Glory to God by the North Central University Chorale and Rachmaninoff: Vespers, A Rose in Winter and Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers by the Dale Warland Singers.
In the field of musical education he joined the faculty of North Central University in 1981 where he served as Professor and Dean at the College of Fine Arts until 2022. He was named Teacher of the Year 2005 by the Assemblies of God Commission on Higher Education and has appeared in the Who’s Who in the Arts and Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Dale Warland Singers recordings
Three Nativity Carols: The Holly and the Ivy, This Endris Night, Wonder Tidings
Gothic 49208 (CD: Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers)
Arranger – Stephen Paulus
Conductor – Dale Warland
Oboe – Kathleen Robinson
Harp – Kathy Kienzie
Sources:
- https://www.northcentral.edu/academics/larry-bach/
- https://starofthenorth.net/larry-bach/
- https://starofthenorth.net/magazine/larry-bach-on-the-use-of-the-voice/
- https://dciny.org/events/seven-last-words/
- https://drc.libraries.uc.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/036e6cc0-74d8-402f-a333-caa9c578cf92/content
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lawrence-bach-mn0001870613
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/4249826-Lawrence-Bach