Long-tenured band director at Pacific loves his students and program Michael Burch-Pesses is a professor and band director at Pacific University. He is beginning his 29th year of teaching at Pacific—and Burch-Pesses has his sights set on some exciting endeavors. … Continued
Pacific’s choirs prepare their annual concert Music is a central part of the holidays, as it encompasses all cultures and beliefs. This is no exception at Pacific University; our choral program will be presenting the Holiday Concert on December 3, … Continued
Director Scott Tuomi arranges a benefit concert to fundraise for Indigenous Students Pacific University’s student body possesses a variety of admirable qualities, and one category it excel in is musical ability. Pacific is home to bands, orchestras, and choral groups. … Continued
The New Music Club Provides Students Opportunity to Perform Last Wednesday evening, as the sun mellowed in the sky and campus grew quiet, a small group of students gathered in front of Taylor-Meade Auditorium, and then three voices rose in … Continued
Pacific University’s Spring Choral Concert, entitled “The Gift to Sing” after a poem of the same by James Weldon Johnson, happened at the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 22. “We began the year with a concert and we … Continued
The niche (and often misunderstood) genre has found itself in a new era of emo music, 5th Wave Emo, whose creation can be credited to Lou Diamond of JANK. Diamond’s new style of playing captivated emo fans. Their chords and … Continued
This week, editors Ashley Meza and Isabelle Williams share their go-to moody jams for when the weather is nasty. “Numb” by Men I Trust When it’s cold and cloudy outside, there is a specific mood I want to feel when … Continued
Pacific University’s Music Therapy Department is hosting a charity event titled Piano Smash: Fundraiser for Music Therapy Program on December 8, from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. The event will take place on the Taylor Meade Loading Dock.
This week, editor-in-chief Isabelle Williams and student life editor Ashley Meza wanted to share their go-to songs for long travels; seeing that the holidays are coming up and some students will be traveling home, whether it be down the street, across the country, or across the globe.
For this week’s playlist, editors Ashley Meza and Izzy Williams share their favorite songs to zone out to in the rain as the cold weather takes over.
The music ensembles at Pacific have seen a drop in student participation since COVID-19 began in Spring 2020.
This week’s playlist was inspired by some chill music to study too since the middle of the semester is here and students have been working hard in their classes.