For the past five years, Dr. Joseph (Joe) Scheivert served as Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, where he founded and led the Titan Thunder Marching Band and Bolt Band. He has also held athletic band roles at Kennesaw State University and UNC Charlotte. 

Scheivert previously taught middle and high school instrumental music at international schools in Sri Racha, Thailand, and Osaka, Japan, and choral and general music in Delaware. Originally from Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from Penn State and a DMA in wind conducting from the University of Iowa. Dr. Scheivert enjoys performing on tuba, saxophone, voice, piano, and organ, and traveling with his wife, Jennifer, and their four children.