Collegiate Choir
Dates: January 11-12, 2024
Location: Appleton, WI (Paper Valley Hotel, Lawrence University)
Coordinator: Cera Babb collegiateallstate@wischoral.org
Nominations: Each college's director of choral activities may nominate up to 12 singers in SATB quartets. We appreciate your assistance in ensuring the continued success of the WCDA All-State Collegiate Choir by selecting your top singers for Quartet #1. Quartets #2 and #3 will be considered alternates and will be accepted on a space-available basis. WCDA is grateful for your assistance in forming the choir by giving your professional and accurate rating of the singers' abilities on the application form.
Cost: $95
Guest Conductor: Jo-Michael Scheibe
Jo-Michael Scheibe chaired the Department of Choral and Sacred Music at the USC Thornton School of Music from 2008-2020 and continued to teach and conduct as a full-time professor in the department until the end of December 2022, and awarded the title Professor Emeritus of Choral Music. Scheibe served as National President of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) (2011-2013), Western Division President (1991-1993), and National Repertoire and Standards Chairperson for Community Colleges (1980-1989). He serves as a member of the board of the International Federation for Choral Music (2020-2023).
Ensembles under his leadership sang at seven national ACDA conventions, two national conventions of the National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC), the National Conference of the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and the World Choral Symposium in South Korea.
Scheibe collaborated with Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, the Rolling Stones, Sir Elton John, the Eagles, and Kenny Loggins, and has prepared choruses for Helmuth Rilling, Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, James Judd, Carl St. Clair, Jeffrey Kahane, and Jamie Martin Recordings of his ensembles are available on the Albany, Cane, Naxos, Arsis, and ANS labels.
Music publishers Walton, Colla Voce, Hal Leonard, Santa Barbara Music, and Pavane distribute the Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series internationally. Scheibe edited and co-authored Teaching Music Through Performance – Choir Volume 4, and Teaching Music Through Performance – Choir Volume 5.
Scheibe is an award recipient of the US Fulbright Scholar in Ireland for the 2023-2024 academic year. He received his DMA from USC (1985) and earned his BA and MM degrees from California State University at Long Beach, named a Distinguished Graduate.
Location: Appleton, WI (Paper Valley Hotel, Lawrence University)
Coordinator: Cera Babb collegiateallstate@wischoral.org
Nominations: Each college's director of choral activities may nominate up to 12 singers in SATB quartets. We appreciate your assistance in ensuring the continued success of the WCDA All-State Collegiate Choir by selecting your top singers for Quartet #1. Quartets #2 and #3 will be considered alternates and will be accepted on a space-available basis. WCDA is grateful for your assistance in forming the choir by giving your professional and accurate rating of the singers' abilities on the application form.
Cost: $95
Guest Conductor: Jo-Michael Scheibe
Jo-Michael Scheibe chaired the Department of Choral and Sacred Music at the USC Thornton School of Music from 2008-2020 and continued to teach and conduct as a full-time professor in the department until the end of December 2022, and awarded the title Professor Emeritus of Choral Music. Scheibe served as National President of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) (2011-2013), Western Division President (1991-1993), and National Repertoire and Standards Chairperson for Community Colleges (1980-1989). He serves as a member of the board of the International Federation for Choral Music (2020-2023).
Ensembles under his leadership sang at seven national ACDA conventions, two national conventions of the National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC), the National Conference of the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and the World Choral Symposium in South Korea.
Scheibe collaborated with Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, the Rolling Stones, Sir Elton John, the Eagles, and Kenny Loggins, and has prepared choruses for Helmuth Rilling, Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, James Judd, Carl St. Clair, Jeffrey Kahane, and Jamie Martin Recordings of his ensembles are available on the Albany, Cane, Naxos, Arsis, and ANS labels.
Music publishers Walton, Colla Voce, Hal Leonard, Santa Barbara Music, and Pavane distribute the Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series internationally. Scheibe edited and co-authored Teaching Music Through Performance – Choir Volume 4, and Teaching Music Through Performance – Choir Volume 5.
Scheibe is an award recipient of the US Fulbright Scholar in Ireland for the 2023-2024 academic year. He received his DMA from USC (1985) and earned his BA and MM degrees from California State University at Long Beach, named a Distinguished Graduate.
