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Virginia Sublett, Artistic Director

Virginia Sublett co-founded and co-directed the San Diego-based professional choral ensemble, Cappella Gloriana, with Stephen Sturk in 1996, and the two collaborated closely until 2004, when she joined the Challey School of Music faculty at North Dakota State University as Professor of Voice and Opera. 

During her tenure at NDSU (2004-2017),  Dr. Sublett produced and conducted performances of The Marriage of Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Dido and Aeneas, The Magic Flute, HMS Pinafore, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, among others.  

Dr. Sublett has led numerous oratorio performances with orchestra, including two productions of Messiah with Cappella Gloriana and three with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Encinitas. She was invited as guest conductor of the Fargo-Moorhead Chamber Chorale on two occasions, where she directed performances of Handels’ Dettingen Te Deum and Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art. 

Virginia Sublett received her Master of Arts (1994) and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees (1997) in Contemporary Music Performance from the University of California, San Diego, conducting the UCSD Chamber Singers and University Chorus in several concerts. Dr. Sublett also served as director of the University of San Diego Choral Scholars from 1997-1999. 

As soprano soloist, Virginia Sublett has been  a principal artist with opera companies, symphony orchestras, oratorio societies, chamber music ensembles and period instrument ensembles throughout the United States, as well as in Mexico, Canada, and France.  She has appeared with New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, L’Opéra de Nice, San Diego Opera, San Diego Symphony, Illinois Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, Mainly Mozart, Vancouver Chamber Chorale, and Phoenix Bach Society, among others. 

Virginia Sublett currently resides in Encinitas, California, where she is the Director of Music at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. 

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Anne Whattoff, Co Director

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Anne Whattoff is the Director of the Envision arts program at Canyon Crest Academy, where she directs choir and is Coordinator of the vocal conservatory. She has been directing high school choirs in San Diego for over 20 years. Anne served for one year as Artistic Director for the San Diego Children’s Choir before becoming Executive Director of the Pacific Academy of Ecclesiastical Music (PACEM), where she prepared choirs and worked alongside John Rutter, David Willcocks, and Martin Neary. 

Anne Whattoff earned her Master of Education with a focus on Integrated Teaching Through the Arts from Lesley University in 2011.

Ms.Whattoff is a professional soprano who currently sings with St. Paul’s Cathedral, and has performed with Bach Collegium of San Diego, South Coast Chamber Singers, Folklore Guild, and Cappella Gloriana, under the direction of Stephen Sturk and Virginia Sublett.

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Board of Directors

Virginia Sublett, President

Anne Whattoff, Vice President

Jim Stiven, Treasurer

Debbie Hickson, Secretary

David King, Member at Large

Pamela Narbona Jerez, Member at Large

William BJ Robinson, Member at Large

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