Pacific Gives 2017

Pacific's Conservatory of Music has been delivering an outstanding student experience for more than 135 years. Degree programs are offered in vocal and instrumental performance, composition, jazz, education, management, therapy, and history.

Students receive access to recording equipment, composition labs, and technology that serve to enrich their learning experience and produce well-rounded musicians. With your support, Pacific can remain a leader in the field of music education and continue to deliver critically acclaimed performances to both our local community and the world. 

Please consider supporting one of the following areas during Pacific Gives 2017. You may also choose to give directly to any department.

Marian Jacobs Sunflower Presents Endowed Scholarship

• Marian Jacobs Sunflower Presents Endowed Scholarship was established to support Music Majors who have agreed to volunteer time to perform in care facilities at least once per semester or twice annually.  ​
• Gifts to this scholarship will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to the Powell Match Program.

Michael James Rooke Hall Endowed Fund for Music 

• Michael James Rooke Hall Endowed Fund for Music is designed to support experiential activities that offer access to meaningful professional development experiences to further Conservatory student’s careers through opportunities such as helping students take advantage of professional and performance opportunities, bring to campus visiting artists and clinicians to work with our students and provide opportunities for our students to bring to completion projects and self-designed initiatives. 
• Gifts to this scholarship will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to the Powell Match Program. 

Douglas S. Riddle Endowed Scholarship

• Douglas S. Riddle Endowed Scholarship will support students in the Conservatory of Music who are majoring in Music Education or students interested in choral conducting. ​
• Gifts to this scholarship will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to the Powell Match Program. 

Program and Ensemble Support Fund

• Provides extra funds for group (Orchestra, Band, Choir, and more) opportunities beyond the classroom. ​

Conservatory Instrumental Fund

• Provides new instruments and repair/maintain current instruments owned by the Conservatory for performance use. 

The Brubeck General Fund

• Established in 2000, the Brubeck Institute is home to one of the foremost jazz programs in the world, with signature offerings including the Brubeck Institute Jazz Fellowship and the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony. The Institute is also home to the Brubeck Collection, one of the largest comprehensive collections from a contemporary musician, and an invaluable resource for scholarship and research.
• The General Fund supports operational cost with current use gifts to enhance the performance, study and understanding of jazz in its many forms, explore contemporary concert music, enlighten and broaden the general knowledge and appreciation of music, and promote the understanding of the work and influence of Dave Brubeck.