Melissa Bohl teaches oboe at the Piano Inspires Music Center and at the Peddie School, and also maintains a private studio. For over forty years she was a member of the Westminster Conservatory faculty, where she was the wind department head and coordinated several series for faculty performance. Earlier teaching affiliations include Princeton University, the Lawrenceville School, Princeton Day School, the University of Southern Mississippi, Notre Dame University, and the Louisville Academy.

As a performer, Ms. Bohl is the principal oboist of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Orchestra of St. Peter-by-the-Sea, the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, and the American Repertory Ballet Orchestra. She plays oboe and English horn with the Plainfield Symphony and performs regularly with many other area musical organizations, including the Garden State Symphonic Band and the Keyes Consort. She is a former member of the Louisville Orchestra and the Fiati Chamber Players. 

Ms. Bohl has degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music, the University of Notre Dame, and Princeton University. Her principal teachers were Jerry Sirucek, Robert Sprenkle, and Ray Still. She is the artistic director and chair of the Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts Committee, a founding trustee of the Capital Philharmonic, and is a member of the Executive Board of the American Federation of Musicians.