Goose Creek Choirs

Our Program

Our Choral Department is currently made up of two performing, competitive ensembles: Chamber Choir and Sziréndal. Our choirs are diverse and welcoming: home to students who are athletically, artistically, and academically-minded, and vary in age and interest. Among our ranks are BCA students of every discipline, JV and Varsity athletes, AP/Dual Enrollment students, CTE Completers, and members of every club and organization you can imagine. Chamber Choir and Sziréndal require successful audition, as well as a year-long commitment to enrollment and participation. All students are welcome to inquire about our choral ensembles by contacting Mrs. Bohl.

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the work."

Émile Zola  

We strive to adhere to this, our program's motto, in our class time, rehearsals, performances, and daily lives. Click one of the links below to learn more about our director and honors ensembles.

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Our School

Goose Creek High School is a comprehensive high school that also serves as the home of the Berkeley Center for the Arts (Berkeley County School District’s Fine Arts Magnet High School). We are a part of one of the fastest growing areas in Berkeley County. The student population of Goose Creek High School is large and diverse, with nearly nineteen hundred students enrolled in grades nine through twelve.

We strive to meet the needs of all students by providing rigorous and engaging instruction, a variety of extracurricular activities, and a positive school climate. As our school continues to grow, we will continue to empower our students for success.

At Goose Creek High, we recognize our responsibility to prepare students to triumph in a highly competitive world. Pride. Commitment. Excellence.

Our Director

Emily Bohl

Emily R. Bohl

Director of Choral Activities 

Phone: 843-553-5300 ext. 1301  |  Email Emily Bohl

Degrees and Certifications: M.M. '20, Holy Names University - M.Ed. '19, University of Oklahoma - B.A. '15, Charleston Southern University

Emily Reeves Bohl is the Director of Choral Activities at Goose Creek High School & Berkeley Center for the Arts (BCA), where she directs all of the school's choral ensembles, and teaches elective music courses and BCA Musicianship (theory, history, piano, and aural skills). Bohl holds the Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, cum laude, from Charleston Southern University (2015). Upon graduation, Emily was named the Horton School of Music Outstanding Student in Music Education, and was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. She also holds the Master of Education in Administration and Curricular Supervision from the University of Oklahoma (2019), and the Master of Music in Music Education - Kodály from Holy Names University (2020); where she was the recipient of the R.H. and Jane Logan Fellowship in Education, and was made member of Kappa Gamma Pi Graduate Honor Society.

Bohl is in her seventh year of teaching music and directing choirs in public, private, and community settings. Students under her direction have been selected for regional, state, and national honor choirs; choirs under her direction have received superior ratings in competition and festival settings. She has been employed by Charleston Southern University Summer Music Camp annually since 2012; performing varied duties in vocal, instrumental, and music theatre camps. Most recently, she served as Junior Choir (2018), Head Counselor (2019), and Senior Choir Director (2021). Professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education (SCMEA), Organization of American Kodály Educators (KMESC), and the American Choral Directors Association (SCACDA), where she serves as a member of the High School Committee. 

Bohl can regularly be heard as staff soprano at Cathedral Church of St. Luke & St. Paul; both in downtown Charleston. She is a member of The King's Counterpoint and Vox Regis, two professional choral ensembles based in Charleston. She has studied voice with Shauna Fallihee and Ricard Bordas, and conducting with Dr. Valerie Bullock, Dr. Marshall Forrester, Dr. László Nemes, and János Horváth. Professors of educational methods and musicianship include Maree Hennessy, Gemma Arguelles, Ildikó Thész Salgado, and Dr. Valerie Bullock. An active performer, she is a frequent soloist in instrumental recitals, new music premieres, and with various choral ensembles. As a chorister, she has sung with academic and professional ensembles in the United States, and abroad in England and Spain. Previous solo engagements include the soprano solos in Messiah (G.F. Handel), Gloria (John Rutter), Magnificat (J.C. Bach), and the Oklahoma premiere of Mass no. 1 (Marcel Tyberg) with Windsong Chamber Choir. Mrs. 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.