Dr. Sonja Sepúlveda

Sonja Sepúlveda is the Artistic Director of the Palmetto Voices Spiritual Ensemble and the Director of the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus. She was the Director of Choral Activities and professor of Theory at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for 11 years where she conducted the Salem College Chamber Choir, Chorale and SuperTonix. Dr. Sepulveda also conducted Salem Academy ensembles Glee Club and Spirit. 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, she studied conducting and sang under Dr. Robert Edgerton. Sonja Sepúlveda earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Conducting from the University of South Carolina where she studied under Dr. Larry Wyatt and Dr. Carol Krueger. Dr. Sepúlveda’s choirs have performed concerts at the National Cathedral, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and the Lincoln Center as well as performed concerts in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Her choirs have had the honor of presenting solo concerts for National American Choral Directors Association Conferences as well as Southern Division ACDA and the Music Educators National Conferences. She sang with the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus for eight years and is in demand as a choral adjudicator and clinician, as well as being known for her TEDx Talk “Being a Woman Conductor and Overcoming the Prejudice.”   https://youtu.be/zOFk3gupoFg

Dr. Sepúlveda is a Conductor and Program Developer for MidAmerica who is associated with Carnegie Hall of New York City and concerts throughout Europe.