All College Chorus
Conductor
Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe
Jo-Michael Scheibe chairs the Thornton School of Music’s Department of
Choral and Sacred Music at the University of Southern California, where he
conducts the USC Chamber Singers, teaches choral conducting and choral
methods,
and supervises the graduate and undergraduate choral program. On
July 1st 2011, he
assumed the post as national president of the American Choral
Directors’ Association.
No stranger to the ACDA, Scheibe previously served as the
organization’s Western Division President (1991-1993), as well as National Repertoire
and Standards chairperson for community colleges (1980-1989). Ensembles under his
leadership have performed at six national ACDA conventions (1985, 1991, 1993, 1997,
2003, 2007), as well as two national conventions of the Music Educators National
Conference (1996, 2000), and various regional and state conventions.
Scheibe’s artistic collaborations include performances with Luciano Pavarotti,
José Carreras, Salvatore Licitra, Maria Guleghina and Kenny Loggins, as well as
preparation of choruses for Helmuth Rilling, Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony
Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas and
the New World Symphony, and conductors Jahja Ling, Edoardo Müller, James Judd,
Max Valdez, Thomas Sanderling, and Alain Lombard, among others. Recordings of
ensembles under Scheibe’s direction have been released on the Albany,
Cane, Naxos,
and ANS labels.
Fall 2008 marked Scheibe’s return to USC after a fifteen-year tenure as Director of
Choral Studies at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music (1993-2008), as well
as previous faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff (1985-1993),
Long Beach City College (1978-1985), Vintage High School in Napa, California, and
Huntington Beach High School. Scheibe received his D.M.A. from the University of
Southern California and his B.A. and M.M. degrees from California State University at
Long Beach, where he was presented with the distinguished alumnus award.
Scheibe is in frequent demand internationally as a clinician, conductor, and
adjudicator for choruses at the university, community college,
community, and secondary levels.