OMEA 2002 Conference:
Building Community Through Music
January 25-27, 2002
 Dr. Michael Burch-Pesses
Clinician
Michael Burch-Pesses is Director of Bands at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Jazz Choir, and teaches courses in conducting, music education, and MIDI technology. He holds Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in conducting from the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and is an internationally known adjudicator and clinician.
Dr. Burch-Pesses enjoyed a distinguished career as a bandmaster in the United States Navy before arriving at Pacific University, enlisting as a hornist and working his way up through the ranks to become the Navy's senior bandmaster and Head of the Navy Music Program. During his Navy career he served as Leader of the Naval Academy Band in Annapolis, Maryland. Under his direction the Naval Academy Band received the George Howard Citation of Musical Excellence from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, the highest civilian award for a military band. He also served as Assistant Leader of the Navy Band in Washington, DC, and Director of the Commodores, the Navy's official jazz ensemble.
His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, and Oregon Band Directors Association. He also is the Oregon Chair of the National Band Association and College Chair of the Oregon Music Educators Association, and is co-conductor of the Oregon Symphonic Band, Oregon's premier adult band.
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