Dr. Sonja Sepulveda
Dr. Sonja Sepúlveda is the Director of Choral Activities and teacher of Theory at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and conducts the Salem College Chamber Choir, Chorale, and SuperTonix. She came to Salem following positions at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Brewton Parker College in Mt. Vernon, Georgia. Graduating from Winthrop University with a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees, Sonja Sepúlveda earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of South Carolina where she directed the Renaissance Singers and Carolina Alive. In 2006, she founded the Palmetto Voices, a professional choir of alumni students and current students. Her choirs have sung for National American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Southern Division ACDA, National MENC, toured in 12 other countries and performed in most of America’s major concert halls. Sonja Sepúlveda sang with the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus for eight years and is currently the Artistic Director of the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus. In addition, Dr. Sepúlveda is Conductor in Residence with MidAmerica Productions that is partnered with Carnegie Hall.
