Emily Reeves Bohl is a choral conductor and music educator whose experience spans from early childhood to secondary, university, and community settings. She currently serves as Director of Choral Activities at Berkeley Center for the Arts at Goose Creek High School, Assistant Director of The King's Counterpoint, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Singers of Summerville. Choirs under her direction consistently receive superior ratings in adjudicated settings and have recently performed at the annual conferences of both the South Carolina American Choral Directors Association (2023, 2025) and the South Carolina Music Educators Association (2024). In October 2024, Emily was awarded the Emerging Scholar Award by SC ACDA for outstanding contributions to choral music in South Carolina in under ten years of service. She was additionally selected as the recipient of the SCMEA Outstanding Young Music Educator Award in February 2025.

 

​In addition to her duties as Director of Choral Activities, Emily has previously served as Music Director for theatrical productions at BCA; and has enjoyed conducting performances of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, Little Women, and Mary Poppins. She serves as the Fine Arts Department Chair, Tri-M Music Honor Society Chapter Advisor, Black Student Union Co-Sponsor, and on the School Leadership Team. Emily was a Finalist for Goose Creek High School Teacher of the Year in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. ​Emily previously served as Adjunct Professor in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at College of Charleston, where she taught courses in Conducting, Vocal Pedagogy, Secondary Methods, and Choral Literature. She additionally directed the Concert Choir, College of Charleston’s flagship choral ensemble, for the 2025-2026 academic year.

 

Outside the classroom and away from the podium, Emily maintains an active performing schedule. She can be heard regularly as staff soprano at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, and with the choirs of The King's Counterpoint. As a chorister, she has sung with academic and professional ensembles across the United States and abroad in England, Spain, France, and Hungary. Previous engagements include the soprano solos in Spatzenmesse and Krönungsmesse (Mozart), Requiem (Fauré), Gloria (Vivaldi), Messiah (Handel), Gloria (Rutter), Magnificat (Bach), and the Oklahoma premiere of Mass no. 1 (Tyberg) with Windsong Chamber Choir.  Professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education where she serves on the Choral Division All-State and Choral Performance Assessment Committees, the International Kodály Society, and the South Carolina chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, where she serves on the Repertoire and Resources Committee.

 

Emily has served as a clinician and guest conductor in varied settings, and is also active as a presenter, especially in the area of the Kodály concept and its applications to Choral Pedagogy. She received the Bacon-Erdei Scholarship for study at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Kecskemét, Hungary in 2022, and was selected as a Conducting Fellow for the Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute in 2024. Emily completed further study at the Kodály Institute in 2025, when she was additionally awarded scholarship to attend the 50th anniversary of the International Kodály Symposium, also taking place in Kecskemét. Emily holds the Master of Music in Kodály Pedagogy from Holy Names University, the Master of Education in Administration and Curriculum Supervision from The University of Oklahoma, and the Bachelor of Arts in Choral Music Education from Charleston Southern University.