Bio
Emilio Lopez Felix is the Choral Director at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove, California. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree with Cum Laude and teaching credential from California State University, Fullerton. During his collegiate career, Emilio sang with Concert Choir and University Singers under the directions of Christopher Peterson and Rob Istad. In these ensembles, Emilio performed with high profile artists such as The Eagles, the LA Phil, and Andrea Bocelli, and he has sung under the batons of Sarah Hicks and John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl in LA. While in the University Singers, Emilio was the baritone section leader, traveled to New York, Australia, and Africa and performed in the 2024 Western ACDA convention.
Emilio is in his third year as Bolsa Grande’s choral director, in his short tenure, the choirs have been invited to sing for the local and greater community such as performing for the high school’s Lunar New Year Festival, at the Garden Grove Historical Society, GGPD Police Memorial, and the Crystal Cove Conservancy in Laguna Beach. His choirs have earned excellent and superior ratings within the district, and most recently, earned a superior in the program’s first SCVA festival. Notably, Emilio served as the district’s 2026 honor choir prep director. He has also adjudicated the middle schools in the district, and has adjudicated the SCVA Honor Choir auditions. Emilio is also a member of SCVA, CCDA, and CMEA.
As a classically trained baritone, Emilio has placed in several voice competitions such as NATS-LA in 2019 and was a semi-finalists in the NATS Cal-West in 2023. He sings with the GRAMMY Award winning Pacific Chorale and the Long Beach Camerata Singers. Emilio has also participated in the Western ACDA masterclasses in 2024 with Marcela Molina and most recently in 2026 with Nola Nahulu. This past summer, Emilio was selected as Berkshire Choral International apprentice where he worked with Dr. Anthony Tracek-King.
In his free time, Emilio enjoys playing video games, maintaining his little tomato plant, reading, and going to the gym.
