Music in May Recordings Collection

Accession

Identifier: ACC-2025-3

Staff Only

Content Description

A collection of 86 digital audio files of "Music in May" performances at Pacific University, dating from 1954-2024. Music in May is an annual event founded in 1948 at Pacific University by Richard A. Greenfield to encourage the development of string music in the public schools of the Pacific Northwest. Band and choir were added at the suggestion of high school music directors, who saw in the festival a means of recognizing students whose service to their particular schools was especially noteworthy. The recordings were digitized in MP3 format in 2025, based on the original LP, cassette and CD recordings. The collection is available to the public on the Pacific University Archives' digital exhibits site.