Sonja Hurty

Adjunct Instructor, Voice, Manager of Choral Performance and Outreach

• Phone: 309-794-7804
• Email: SonjaHurty@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff Studio

Sonja Hurty teaches applied voice and is the manager of choral performance and outreach. She previously directed the Augustana Concert Chorale, as well as many other school and church choirs.

She directed the Chapel Choir at Concordia University in Irvine, Calif., as well as many other school and church choirs. She provides workshops and clinics for high school and church choirs and adjudicates for music festivals and contests.

Hurty previously taught voice at Concordia University in Irvine, and at Parkland College in Champaign, Ill., and has maintained a vibrant private voice studio for many years.

She has performed as soloist with many academic, community and church choral organizations in Orange County, Los Angeles, Champaign/Urbana , and in the Quad Cities.

Hurty completed a master's degree in voice performance at California State University in Northridge, where she studied with Dr. Linda Stones. She completed a B.A. in music education at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where she studied with Dr. Elmer Copley. She also has studied with William Miller, professor emeritus from the University of Illinois and Gretchen Stein at the Dusseldorf Opera in Dusseldorf, Germany.

She lives in Moline, Ill., with her husband Jon.

Specializations: Musical theatre, Singing, Opera