Stephanie Shepson is an active mezzo-soprano soloist, chorister, and vocal music educator in Southern California. Stephanie joined the GRAMMY Award-winning Pacific Chorale as a staff singer in 2020 where she regularly performs with the Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale’s chamber ensemble, often as a featured soloist. Recent solo appearances include Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light/The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. She also performed the lead role of Idamante in Mozart’s opera, Idomeneo, with East Village Caravansarai.

Raised in Ecuador, Stephanie fostered a love of singing in church and began her formal music training on the piano. After completing a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music she taught high school choral music. Stephanie later earned a Master of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Redlands. She continues to study voice science, pedagogy, and diction.

Passionate about voice pedagogy, Stephanie manages a private studio where she teaches young artists, church musicians, and emerging professionals to sing with freedom and authentic expression. Additionally, she worked as the staff accompanist for the University of Redlands Youth Choir and serves as a pianist and vocalist at Emmaus Church in Redlands, California.