Jo-Michael Scheibe - University of Southern CaliforniaJo-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. In 2008, he assumed a new post as National President Elect 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 sung 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 choral performances with Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Salvatore Licitra, Maria Guleghina and Kenny Loggins, as well as preparation of choruses for 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, Arsis and ANS labels.
A champion of contemporary music, Scheibe regularly commissions and performs new works of choral literature. He has helped to launch careers of promising young composers and to promote music by international composers largely unknown in the United States. Music publishers Walton, Colla Voce Music and Santa Barbara distribute the Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series internationally.
Fall 2008 marks Scheibe’s return to USC after a 15-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 has served as music and artistic director of several community choral organizations, including the Master Chorale of South Florida, the Tampa Bay Master Chorale and the Long Beach Master Chorale. He has directed music ministries in churches as well, most recently at Coral Gables Congregational Church, where he conducted the Chancel Choir and Vocal Ensemble, which appeared at the 2002 ACDA Southern Division Convention in Nashville. A member of Chorus America, the International Federation of Choral Music, and several other professional and education organizations, Scheibe is in frequent demand internationally as a clinician, conductor and adjudicator for choruses at the university, community college, community and secondary levels.
136 Octavos from the Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
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| TITLE | COMPOSER/ARRANGER | VOICING |
| A Hope Carol | David Dickau | SATB |
| A Miner’s Life | Seth Houston | SATB |
| A Soft Day | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB |
| Adon Olam | Kenneth Lampl | SATB div. |
| Ain’t I A Woman | lyrics: Ronald W. Cadmus, music: Robert S. Cohen | SSAA | RELEASED: July 2022 |
| Alleluia | Terry Schlenker | SATB div. |
| Always Keep This Close | Zachary J. Moore | SSAA |
| Always Keep This Close | Zachary J. Moore | SATB | RELEASED: January 2022 |
| Always Keep This Close | Zachary J. Moore | TTBB | RELEASED: March 2024 |
| Always Keep This Close | Zachary J. Moore | SAB | RELEASED: September 2024 |
| America the Beautiful | Bates and Ward, arr. Frank J. La Rocca | SATB div. |
| Angele Dei | Susan LaBarr | SATB div. |
| Angele Dei | Lindsay Goodson | SSAA |
| Arirang (Mother of Mine) | Byunghee Oh | SSA | RELEASED: September 2024 |
| Ave Maria | Zachary J. Moore | SATB |
| Ave Maria | Alvez Barkoskie IV | SATB div. |
| Big Sky | Seth Houston | SATB |
| Blessing in the Leaving | Susan LaBarr | SATB div. |
| Blow ye the trumpet, blow | Lewis Edson, arr. Paul Carey | SATB |
| Brennen's Lullaby | Terry Schlenker | SATB div. | Digital Room Octavo |
| Brother, Do Not Weep | arr. Seth Houston | SATB div. |
| Carpenters of God | Vijay Singh | SATB |
| Come Sleep | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB |
| Companioned | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB |
| Crossing the Bar | Michael J. Mills | SATB div. |
| Dance with the Birds | Hyun Kook | SATB | RELEASED: July 2022 |
| David's Lamentation | David von Kampen | SATB |
| Dear Sarah | James Syler | SATB |
| Done Made My Vow | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB | RELEASED: March 2024 |
| Dream Ship, The | Susan LaBarr | SATB |
| El Besu | Spanish folk song, arr. Vicente Chavarria | SATB |
| Emerald Stream | Seth Houston | SATB | BEST SELLER |
| Evocation (Mon-Nee-Joh) | Hye-Young Cho | SATB | RELEASED: January 2024 |
| Evocation (Mon-Nee-Joh) | Hye-Young Cho | SSA | RELEASED: August 2024 |
| Ezekiel | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB/SATB |
| Fiddler of Dooney, The | Daniel J. Hall | SATB |
| Five Pocket Poems | David von Kampen | SA | RELEASED: August 2024 |
| Fly | Sara Groves, arr. Susan LaBarr | SATB div. |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd | arr. Vicente Chavarria | SATB |
| Footprints | David Dickau | SATB |
| Forever Gone | Susan LaBarr | SATB |
| Give Me Your Stars to Hold | Mark Sirett | SSA |
| Go Forth | Matt Carlson | Two-Part | RELEASED: February 2023 |
| Go, Tell It on the Mountain | arr. Stecey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| God Is Nigh ("Taps") | General Daniel Butterfield, arr. Nicholas McKaig | SATB div. |
| God’s Grandeur | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB div. |
| Good News, the Chariot's Comin' | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | TTBB | RELEASED: January 2022 |
| Good News, the Chariot's Comin' | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB | RELEASED: January 2022 |
| Good-Night | Matthew Emery | SAB |
| Good-Night | Matthew Emery | SSA or TBB |
| Grace Before Sleep | Susan LaBarr | SATB div. | BEST SELLER |
| Grace Before Sleep | Susan LaBarr | SSAA | BEST SELLER |
| Grace in the sun | arr. Ethan Sperry | TTBB (T solo) |
| Herself a Rose | Cristine Temple-Evans | SATB |
| Hold Fast | David von Kampen | TTB | RELEASED: August 2024 |
| Hunt Is Up! The | Nicholas McKaig | SATB |
| Huron Carol | arr. Susan LaBarr | SATB |
| Hush! | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB | RELEASED: January 2023 |
| Hutia te Rito | arr. Zachary J. Moore | SATB |
| i carry your heart | Mike Kregler | SSA |
| I Dreamed a World | David von Kampen | SATB | RELEASED: September 2024 |
| I Hear the Stars Still Singing | J. Michael Saunders | SATB |
| I Never Saw | Davide Riva | SATB | RELEASED: July 2022 |
| Iesus Ahattonnia | arr. Susan LaBarr | SATB |
| It All Will Come Out Right | Matt Carlson | TB | RELEASED: July 2023 |
| It Is Well With My Soul | arr. Robert T. Townsend and Stacey V. Gibbs | TTBB |
| Johnny-O & Sally Anne! | arr. Ken Berg | SATB |
| Journey Home | Abbie Betinis | SATB/sop. descant |
| Joyful Piper, The | Nicholas McKaig | SATB |
| Just One Step | Daniel Brinsmead | SSA | RELEASED: March 2024 |
| Just One Step | Daniel Brinsmead | SAB | RELEASED: September 2024 |
| Kumbaya | Nicholas McKaig | SATBB |
| La Otra | J. Michael Saunders | SATB |
| Lady in the Water, The | Eric William Barnum | SATB |
| Laughing Song | David Dickau | SATB/opt. children's chorus |
| Lead Me Home | Matt Carlson | SSA | RELEASED: August 2024 |
| Life Has Loveliness to Sell | David Dickau | SATB div. |
| Light My LIght | Connor J. Koppin | SSA |
| Light the World | Connor J. Koppin | TTBB | RELEASED: June 2021 |
| Light the World | Connor J. Koppin | SATB | RELEASED: January 2022 |
| Like Barley Bending | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB div. |
| Locus iste | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB div. |
| May the Lord Bless You and Keep You | Seth Houston | SATB |
| Monotone | J. Michael Saunders | SATB |
| My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| Now Touch the Air Softly | Susan LaBarr | SATB |
| Oh, What a Beautiful City | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| On Jordan’s Stormy Banks | M. Durham, arr. Ken Berg | SATB |
| One Household, High and Low | Andrew Maxfield | SATB |
| Pure Imagination | Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, arr. Matthew D. Nielsen | SATB |
| Rain, Rain! | Daniel Brinsmead | SSAA | RELEASED: March 2024 |
| Reapers All with Their Sharp Sickles, The | Elisha West, arr. Seth Houston | SATB/sop solos |
| Red River Valley | arr. Timothy Jon Tharaldson | TTBB/bar. solo |
| Rejoice! | Jeffery L. Ames | SATB | BEST SELLER |
| Reuben and Rachel | William Gooch, arr. Andrew Larson | SATB |
| Ride the Chariot | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB | RELEASED: March 2024 |
| Rise Up Shepherd | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB - 2 tenor soloists |
| Rockin’ Jerusalem | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB div. |
| Roll, Jordan, Roll | arr. Ken Berg | SATB |
| Sally Goodin’ | arr. Ken Berg | SATB |
| Shut De Do | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| Silent Noon | David Dickau | SATB |
| Sinnuh, Please Don’ Let This Harvest Pass | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| Sit Down Servant | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB div. |
| Sit Down Servant | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | TTBB |
| Skallakan | Till Meyn | Two-Part | RELEASED: September 2024 |
| Snowflakes | Seth Houston | SATB |
| Spiritus Sanctus | Daniel Brinsmead | SSAAA |
| Spiritus Sanctus | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB div. |
| Spring Shall Bloom | Susan LaBarr | SSA |
| Stars Above the Hill, The | David Dickau | SATB |
| Telescope | Krishan Oberoi | SSATB | RELEASED: July 2022 |
| Tell My Ma... | arr. Vijay Singh | SSA |
| The Joy of Simple Things | Robert S. Cohen | SA | RELEASED: March 2023 |
| The Little Creek | Matt Carlson | SA | RELEASED: March 2022 |
| The Little Creek | Matt Carlson | SAB | RELEASED: March 2022 |
| The Little Creek | Matt Carlson | SATB | RELEASED: March 2022 |
| The Poem, The Song, The Picture | Terry Schlenker | SATB div. |
| The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy | arr. Stacey V. Gibbs | SATB |
| There Is No Rose | Joshua Himes | SSAA |
| There Is Sweet Music Here | Zachary J. Moore | SATB |
| Timor et tremor | Terry Schlenker | SATB div. |
| To the Moonbeam | David Asher Brown | SA or TB |
| Tread Softly | Connor J. Koppin | SATB |
| Trees | Daniel Brinsmead | SATB |
| Turning the Pages | Daniel Brinsmead | SSA | RELEASED: September 2023 |
| Under the Willow | Stephen Foster, arr. Susan LaBarr | SSAA |
| Verses Left to Write | Timothy Jon Tharaldson | SATB |
| What Child Is This? | arr. Lindsay Goodson | SATB div. |
| Wheel that Moves the Sun and Stars, The | Eric Barnum | SATB |
| When Music Sounds | Connor J. Koppin | SATB |
| Why Fades a Dream? | Nicholas McKaig | SATB |
| Winter Is Past | Jeremy Samuel Faust, M.D. | SATB | RELEASED: January 2022 |
| Wipip!!! | Sydney Guillaume | SATB |
| You Cannot Lose My Love | Sara Groves, arr. Susan LaBarr | SATB div. |
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