Kimberly Colón serves as the Coordinator of Choral Activities for Spartanburg School
District 7. She is the Director of Choirs at Spartanburg High School, where she directs
the Honors Viking Chorale and co-directs the Corporation Show Choir and Viking
Voices. Kimberly also serves as the Music Director for Spartanburg 7 district-wide
musicals.
Kimberly’s choirs have consistently earned Superior with Distinction ratings at SCMEA
Middle and High School Choral Performance Assessments and has had choirs perform
at the SCMEA State Music Conference in 2025 and 2014. Her Honors Viking Chorale
performs around the Spartanburg community; they have been a consistent part of the
Hub City Holiday Chorus with the Spartanburg Philharmonic. She has presented at the
South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education (SCAMLE) Annual State
Convention (2015), was a recipient of DILA (Digital Innovation in Learning Awards)
Teacher Trailblazer Honorable Mention Award (2014-15), and has served as clinician of
the Spartanburg Sings Regional Honors Choir (2017).
Prior to her current position at Spartanburg High School, Kimberly taught middle school
choir in Upstate South Carolina and the Midwest. Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Music in
Vocal Performance and Choral Music Education from Northwestern University and a
Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from the University of Illinois.
She is an active member of both NAfME (National Association for Music Education) and
ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). Kimberly currently serves on the
SCMEA Choral Performance Assessment Committee, has served on the SCMEA
Middle School Committee (2010-2013) and the South Carolina Visual and Performing
Arts Standards Development Team (2010). Kimberly is an active member of the
Greenville Chorale and Herring Chamber Ensemble. She also is a featured soloist in
the Greenville/Spartanburg area, including the Spartanburg Philharmonic.
