UW-River Falls

Joy Scheib

Lecturer of Music

Joy Scheib

Lecturer of Music
Applied Voice, Foreign Language Diction,
Voice for the Actor, Opera Techniques

D.M.A. University of Minnesota (in progress)
M.M. University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
B.S. University of North Alabama

Office Phone: 715-425-3858
e-mail: joy.killough.scheib@uwrf.edu

Joy Scheib. mezzo-soprano, has taught voice at UW-River Falls for eight years. She has also taught Diction, Voice for the Actor, Opera Techniques and Music Appreciation. Ms. Scheib received a BS degree from University of North Alabama, a MM degree from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and has done doctoral course work at the University of Minnesota.

Ms. Scheib has performed with the Minnesota Opera Chorus in Lucia di Lammermoor, La Bohème, and Don Carlos. She performed three roles in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. Other roles for the mezzo-soprano include Dido in Dido and Æneas, Mrs. Peachum in The Beggar's Opera, the Fortune Teller in the premiere of Eric Stokes' Apollonia's Circus, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, and Lucretia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. She has performed as soloist in a wide range of oratorios, from Bach to Honegger. She serves as mezzo-soprano section leader and Cantor at the St. Paul Cathedral.

Ms. Scheib sang songs of Charles Martin Loeffler with members of the Artaria String Quartet at Viterbo College in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She sang Brahms' Opus 91, Two Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano, with violist Susan Janda at the MacPhail Center for the Arts. On a lighter note, Ms. Scheib has also worked with Joshua and Joseph Scrimshaw. The Scrimshaws are sketch and improvisational comedians in the Twin Cities. She appeared with them during the 2000 Fringe Festival, singing and acting in their one-night opera comedy show.

You can contact Joy Scheib by email at joy.killough.scheib@uwrf.edu for more information. Ms. Scheib can also be contacted at UW-River Falls by phone at 715-425-3858.