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 has recently been appointed Artistic Director as the Singers of Summerville. She 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 professional choirs including The King's Counterpoint, Vox Regis, and Cantores Charleston.
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 Organization of American Kodály Educators (KMESC), and the South Carolina chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (SCACDA), where she serves as the Chair for Treble Repertoire & Resources Chair and 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, and was selected as a Conducting Fellow for the Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute in 2024.
Bohl has studied conducting with Dr. Valerie Bullock, Dr. Marshall Forrester, Dr. László Nemes, János Horváth, and Dr. Anna Fűri. Professors of educational methods and musicianship include Maree Hennessy, Gemma Arguelles, Ildikó Thész Salgado, Dr. Nóra Keresztes, and Dr. Valerie Bullock. As a chorister, she has sung with academic and professional ensembles across the United States and abroad in England, Spain, 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. Bohl's music theatre experience includes West Side Story, Into the Woods, Little Women, and Once Upon a Mattress, and operatic work includes Doctor Miracle (Bizet); in addition to numerous scene shows and cabaret-style performances in both disciplines.
