Emily Halbert

Emily Rebecca Halbert, native of Nashville, TN, is a music educator, conductor, and singer. She is pursuing a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting at Georgia State University. Formerly, she was the Director of Music Education at St. Peter’s Episcopal School (Chattanooga, TN) where she directed the grade level choruses, led Chapel Worship, and founded the World Music Percussion Ensemble. She also directed the Chattanooga Girls Choir, Cantilena, the developing voices choir for the organization. She graduated from Lee University with a Bachelors in Music Education, focusing on voice and choral conducting, and is also a certified Kodaly L1 Music Educator. As a performer, she sings across the southeastern US with professional choirs such as Red Shift (Baton Rouge, LA) and Coro Vocati (Atlanta, GA), as well as an alto soloist for the Chattanooga Bach Choir. When not singing, she is practicing powerlifting, probably reading, or hanging out with her cats, Coraline and Persie. She is excited to be joining the North Decatur Presbyterian Church family this year!