John Bradford Bohl is a multi-faceted musician, working as conductor, organist, singer, accompanist and coach. Bohl is currently the Associate Organist at The Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, NY, which was the first Episcopal Cathedral in the United States. He is primary organist for all services as well as frequent Diocesan services, and assists with the training and recruitment of the oldest singing Choir of Men and Boy’s in the country. He also keeps a private studio of organ and piano students.
Previously, Bohl served for ten years as Assistant Director of Music and then as Interim Director of Music at St. Paul’s, K Street (Episcopal) in Washington DC, where he directed the semi-professional Parish Choir, the Choir of Boys & Girls and the Youth Choir. John has accompanied the St. Paul’s Choirs at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the choirs have been featured nationally on the radio programs Pipedreams and With Heart and Voice. He can be heard as accompanist on the 2010 recording We Sing of God, by the choirs of St. Paul’s, K Street; and as soloist and accompanist with The Washington Chorus and the Washington Symphonic Brass on the 2011 CD Christmas in Washington.
A graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bohl was an organ student of Dr. Marilyn Keiser and voice student in the Early Music Department of Dr. Paul Elliott. Bohl previously served as the Associate Conductor of The Washington Chorus (2011–2013) and was Assistant Organist and Choirmaster at Old St. Paul’s Church (Episcopal) in Baltimore, MD (2005–2007).
Eqaully active as a vocalist, and acclaimed as a “sterling countertenor” with “a voice of clarity and dexterity”, Bohl made his Kennedy Center debut in a performance of The Lark by Leonard Bernstein with The Washington Chorus in November 2012. He performs regularly with The Washington Bach Consort, the choirs of The Washington National Cathedral, Cathedra, the resident chamber ensemble of the Washington National Cathedral, and is a founding member of the Austin, Texas based Ensemble VIII. He can also be heard as countertenor soloist on the 2010 Grammy-nominated recording of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the choir of Trinity Wall Street, New York City.