About

Josh O’Dell currently serves as Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at West Virginia State University.  Before coming to State, he served as Chorus Master/Director of Education & Community Engagement at Opera Roanoke, Director of Sales at the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director/Founder of the Voices of Appalachia (Roanoke, VA), and served as Minister of Music for churches throughout Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Josh also held a music faculty position at Radford University where he taught Music Theory.

Josh has completed doctoral studies in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy and holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Messiah University, a Bachelor of Science in Music from Radford University, and a Certificate in Sacred Music from Virginia Wesleyan University with additional graduate studies in Choral Conducting at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. 

Josh made his Carnegie Hall (NYC) conducting debut in July 2022 with a choir of over 100 singers, including members of the Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir, the New England Philharmonic and featured soloists from the MET. Josh has served as a guest conductor and adjudicator for several choral/orchestral festivals and competitions across the country.