Jacksonville SINGS!

Meet Our 2026 Clinician's

• Erin Plisco, D.M.A.

  

  Erin Plisco is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University, where she conducts multiple choirs and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and literature. She is a frequent guest clinician across the United States and abroad, and has presented at state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. She currently serves as the ACDA National SA Choirs Repertoire and Resources Chair and was recently a conducting fellow for ACDA’s International Conductor Exchange Program. Choirs under her direction recently performed at the 2022 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference, the 2022 and 2025 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference, the 2023 National ACDA Conference, the 2023 National NCCO conference, and at Carnegie Hall. She was recently awarded the Podium Award and the Outstanding District Director Award by MCDA for outstanding performances at state and regional conferences. Upcoming performances include the 2026 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference.

  Dr. Plisco completed the DMA in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, where she studied conducting with Bruce Chamberlain and voice with Elizabeth Futral. She also studied at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and worked with Grammy-nominated conductor Stephen Layton. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance with a minor in Leadership Studies from Christopher Newport University. 

  Dr. Plisco has conducted choirs of all ages, most notably serving as Director of Choral Studies at Pinecrest High School (NC). Under her direction, the choirs received numerous awards at national festivals and competitions, and her chamber choir was the winner of The American Prize for high school choral performance. She has also held positions at the University of Arizona, East Carolina University, and Simpson College. Dr. Plisco is a past recipient of the Colleen Kirk Award, given by southern ACDA in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a young conductor, and has spent three summers as a choral fellow with the Yale School of Music -Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut under the direction of Simon Carrington.

• Emily Reeves Bohl, M.M.

   

  

  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 Goose Creek High School, Assistant Director of The King's Counterpoint, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Singers of Summerville. She previously served as an Adjunct Professor at College of Charleston, where she taught courses in the Master of Arts in Teaching (Choral Music) degree track, and directed the Concert Choir. 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). 
  
  Emily is a past recipient of the SCACDA Emerging Scholar Award (2024) and SCMEA Outstanding Young Music Educator Award (2025). She has served as a clinician and guest conductor in varied settings, and is also active as a presenter, specializing in the Kodály concept and its applications to Choral Pedagogy. 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. 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.