Yophi Bost

• Thomas J. Stone Award, UNC Greensboro, 2019-2020 - Awarded to the most accomplished performer of the Music Education department.
• James H. Allen Student Leadership Award, UNC Greensboro, 2018-2019 - Awarded to a student at the university that demonstrates excellence in leadership and service.

Praised for her versatility, South Georgia native Yophi Adia Bost is an arts advocate, music educator, and active performer of varying genres. She began her career in professional Musical Theatre at age 4, and has consistently been involved in local and regional productions across the southeast. Bost began her Opera training and career under the tutelage of Clara O’Brien during her undergrad at UNC Greensboro, where she received her BME in Music Education and minored in Musical Theatre. At UNCG, she had several opportunities to perform both locally in Greensboro and North Carolina, and abroad in a central European choral tour, in which she was a featured soloist with the Gate City Chorale. 

Passionate about sharing the arts with youth, she was granted the opportunity to perform in over 6 outreach operas, including an opera tour of North Carolina. Along with performance experience, she has extensive experience teaching voice, music directing, and directing choirs. She also spent several summers participating in NAFME’s “Hill Day” where she was presented with the opportunity to advocate for music education with North Carolina senators. She also spent several years serving on the NC State board of collegiate music educators, along with over twenty leadership positions at UNCG, for which she has been awarded several times. 

Comfortable in several genres, she has performed as a featured soloist with Bel Canto Company of Greensboro, NC, the Greensboro Concert Band, and with the UNCG Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program. Some of her favorite roles include “The Moon” from Caroline or Change, and “The Witch” in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. She is currently pursuing her MM in Musical Theatre and Opera Performance at Arizona State University, studying under Nathan D. Myers.