Candis Pohl
Candis Pohl
Adjunct Lecturer, Music Education, Woodwind Instruments
Candis Pohl is a product of the New York City Public School system and was inspired by her teachers to become a music educator. In 2005, she graduated from Wagner College in Staten Island with a bachelor's degree in music education and, in 2008, from Brooklyn College with a master's degree. She is an accomplished band director at Marine Park Intermediate School 278, in Brooklyn, where she has taught for more than 12 years. Her students have performed at the Music in the Parks Festival in Pennsylvania, Festival Disney in Florida, and on the iconic stage of Carnegie Hall. Pohl hosts the Spring NYSSMA Music Festival at her school each May and participates in the Facilitators Team of educators who lead Citywide Professional Development Workshops with the director of music in New York. She is involved in District 22 activities as host of the District 22 Music Professional Learning Group and has served as an Arts Monday facilitator for two years. Most recently, Pohl was selected to help students prepare for their high school audition process as the woodwind coach of the Middle School Arts Boot Camp in collaboration with the Lincoln Center Education Department. She has been conductor in the Salute to Music Program for eight years and has held the title of center director of Brooklyn for the latter five years. She joined the MEANYC Executive Board in September 2017 as secretary and looks forward to further enhancing the opportunities of music educators in New York City.
