Emily Reeves Bohl

Director of Choral Activities
Phone: 843-553-5300
Email: BohlE@bcsdschools.net

Master of Music, Holy Names University
Music Education - Kodály Pedagogy
R.H. and Jane Logan Fellowship in Education
Kappa Gamma Pi Graduate Honor Society

Master of Education, The University of Oklahoma
Education Administration & Curricular Supervision

Bachelor of Arts, Charleston Southern University
Choral Music Education
Outstanding Graduate in Music Education
Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society

Emily Reeves Bohl has been the Director of Choral Activities at Berkeley Center for the Arts (BCA) at Goose Creek High School since 2020. Students under her direction have been selected for regional, state, and national honor choirs. Choirs under her direction have consistently received superior ratings in adjudicated settings and have recently performed at the annual conferences of both SCACDA (2023) and SCMEA (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, and she was recently selected as the recipient of the 2025 SCMEA Outstanding Young Music Educator Award.

In addition to her duties as Director of Choral Activities, Emily serves as Music Director for theatrical productions at BCA; most recently directing You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, Little Women, and Mary Poppins. She additionally enjoys serving as the Fine Arts Department Chair, Tri-M Music Honor Society Chapter Advisor, and on the GCH Leadership Team and Fine Arts Steering Committee. Emily was a Finalist for Goose Creek High School Teacher of the Year in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Emily was appointed Artistic Director & Conductor of the Singers of Summerville in January 2025. She also serves as Adjunct Professor in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at The College of Charleston, where she has taught courses in Conducting, Vocal Pedagogy, Secondary Methods, and Choral Literature. Outside the classroom and away from the podium, Emily maintains an active performing schedule throughout South Carolina. 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 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 (SCMEA) 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 (SCACDA), where she serves on the Repertoire & Resources Committee, and as the Chair for Conference Performing Choirs. 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 in Kecskemét, Hungary in 2022, was selected as a Conducting Fellow for the Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute in 2024, and received a grant for study at the International Kodály Institute and Symposium in 2025.

Engagements

Conductor, Richland School District 2 HS Honor Choir
February 2025

Conductor, Lexington School District 1 HS Honor Choir
November 2025

Director of Senior Choir, Charleston Southern University Summer Vocal Music Camp
June 2025

Conductor, Spartanburg Sings
January 2025

Conductor, SCMEA Midlands Middle School SSA Clinic
October 2024

Middle School Honor Choir Clinician, Dorchester School District 2
February 2024

Musicianship Instructor, Charleston Southern University Summer Instrumental Music Camp
June 2023, June 2022, June 2021

Clinician, Waccamaw Schools Fall Premiere
October 2022

Director of Senior Choir, Charleston Southern University Summer Vocal Music Camp
June 2021

Camp Administration, Charleston Southern University Summer Music Camps
June 2019

Director of Junior Choir, Charleston Southern University Summer Vocal Music Camp
June 2018

Presentations

Musicianship Mindset: Kodály Applications in the Choral Setting
SCACDA Conference, October 2025
Rock Hill Schools Choral PD, August 2024
SCMEA Conference, February 2024
BCSD Conference, February 2023 & 2025
SCACDA Conference, October 2022

Prepare with Purpose: More Than a Warm-up
SCACDA Conference, October 2023

Kodály Applications for the Elementary/General Setting
BCSD Conference, February 2023

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