Emily Hobson-Gallardo

Dr. Emily Hobson-Gallardo is thrilled to join the music faculty at the University of North Georgia as the Director of Choral Activities. Prior to this appointment she served on faculty at Georgia State University and Oglethorpe University. She recently returned to the Atlanta area after completing her Doctorate in Choral Conducting at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. While in Houston she served as the Assistant Conductor of the Mercury Chamber Orchestra, Rehearsal Conductor of the Houston Symphony Chorus, and as the Assistant Conductor/Choral Conducting Intern with the GRAMMY award-winning Houston Chamber Choir. Prior to relocating to Houston, she was the Assistant Director of Choirs at the University of West Georgia and taught middle and high choral school programs in Fayette County and Marietta City Schools.

A diverse choral conductor and music educator, she is originally from Mississippi where she received her Bachelors of Music Education degree from Mississippi State University graduating cum laude with an emphasis in piano and voice, studying with Dr. Gary Packwood and Dr. Rosangela Yazbec Sebba. She then went on to obtain her Masters degree in Choral Conducting graduating summa cum laude from Georgia State University in Atlanta, studying with Dr. Deanna Joseph. As a clinician, honor choir conductor, and adjudicator, she has conducted all ages and skill levels as well as worked with many different organizations and schools in the southeast.

As a singer she has sung in a variety of professional choral ensembles; most recently the All Saints Schola, St. Paul Episcopal Staff Singers, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus. In Houston, she sang with the University of Houston Moores School of Music Concert Chorale, St Phillip Presbyterian Staff Singers, and the Houston Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Her research is primarily concerning the Performance Practice of Italian Convent Musicians of the Early Modern Period and Rehearsal Ownership in Music Rehearsals. She recently presented a session entitled; Gratifying and Engaging Early Music Repertoire for Treble Choirs at the Texas Music Educators Association Conference.

Rehearsal Ownership in Choral Rehearsals, Convent Repertoire of the Early modern period.