Pacific students offer music lessons to area youth in renowned String Project, which has has expanded to include band instruments.
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The Pacific University Music Department is flourishing. Pacific topped 100 students majoring and minoring in music programs this fall, up from just 30 a mere decade ago.
Aaron Cottam ’07 is the new band director at Holyoke (Colo.) Schools, teaching 5th through 12th grade, as well as directing the school’s pep band and jazz band.
A surge in students pursuing music degrees at Pacific University over the past decade is expected to continue this fall.
When Elijah Pine ’21 first visited Pacific University, he was one of hundreds of high school students attending the yearly Music in May festival. The experience shaped his life in ways he could not have imagined.
Music in May, one of the longest running high school music festivals in the country, will celebrate its 70th anniversary May 24-26 at Pacific University.
The Pacific University String Project has been awarded the 2018 Outstanding String Project of the Year Award by the American String Teachers Association and the National String Project Consortium.
Michael Burch-Pesses, Pacific University's longtime director of bands, is the 2018 winner of the Oregon Music Education Association's John C. McManus Distinguished Teacher Award.
Velarde, who majored in music education at Pacific, sang for the Tara Novellas before going solo.