Emily Halbert

Emily Rebecca Halbert, a native of Nashville, TN, is a music educator, conductor, and vocalist. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Georgia State University studying with Drs. Deanna Joseph and Jennifer Sengin. At GSU, she is the graduate assistant at North Decatur Presbyterian Church where she directs the children's choir and has conducted the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. Formerly, she was the Director of Music Education at St. Peter's Episcopal School (Chattanooga, TN). She was also the Associate Conductor for the Chattanooga Girls Choir and directed the ensemble, Cantilena, the developing voices choir for the organization. She graduated from Lee University with a Bachelor in Music Education, focusing on voice and choral conducting. As a mezzo-soprano, she sings across the southeastern US with professional choirs such as Red Shift (Baton Rouge, LA) and Coro Vocati (Atlanta, GA), as well as a soloist for the Chattanooga Bach Choir and was a staff singer and soloist at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN. Her collaborative lecture recital, Defiant Divas, exploring the repertoire and performance practice of nun composers of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque has been selected for various local and international music conferences.