by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Aug 12, 2016 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
USC Thornton Department of Choral and Sacred Music Graduate happy to announce placement this spring: Jeremy Bakken: DMA candidate, Director of Worship and Sacred Music for Northwestern Publishing House Dr. Yejee Choi: University of the Pacific, Interim Director of...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Aug 1, 2016 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
Music is a way to capture beauty. This is at least what the music from Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara evoked; music is merely a translation of nature’s organic harmonies. The accomplished composer died at the age of 87 in Finland on July 28. Rautavaara...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Jul 13, 2016 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
“Music is another language.” These are the words of one special third-grader, Raquel Rosales. Raquel is involved in study examining the influence of music on brain development at a young age. She’s marked noticeable differences since joining an...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Jun 1, 2016 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
“You cannot settle for second-best,” as stated by Morten Lauridsen. Morten Lauridsen was the composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1995–2001. He influenced a generation of students as the professor of composition at the USC Thornton...
by Jo-Michael Scheibe | Apr 27, 2016 | Jo-Michael Scheibe
If you work at a school, you know how frustrating it can sometimes be to get students to take out their earbuds and listen to their teachers instead of their iTunes or Spotify music. In order to teach music, students must listen. Communal musical experience is gained...
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