Kenneth Bell was honored by the 2012 Oceanside Music Festival.
Read his article, "Music and the Fine Arts" here.

Kenneth Bell brings a wide range of musical experience to the Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band and has served as our Conductor since April 1992. He is a versatile performer with a long history of musical achievement. He is Assistant Conductor to Dr. David Chase with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus and previously Concert Band Conductor and French horn instructor at the Armed Forces School of Music in Virginia.

He has also directed church choir programs on the East and West Coasts. As a basso-cantante, Mr. Bell has sung in opera, oratorio, recital, off-Broadway, and musical theater for over 25 years. He has appeared in more than eighty major roles with over forty opera and theater companies including the New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, and the Spoleto Festival in Italy.

Mr. Bell has also performed with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, Musica Sacra, the New England Bach Festival, the Abbey Singers, and was a member of the Waverly Consort. His performances have taken him throughout the Americas, Italy and Madeira.

Mr. Bell is bass staff singer with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus and is occasionally a soloist for the Band. He resides in Vista with his wife, Dianne, also an accomplished vocalist, and their two children. The Bells have been actively involved in community arts since moving to California in 1988.

The Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band welcomes you in this our 35th year. As a non-profit organization and steadfast partner of North County cultural life, our community band of 60 to 70 wind, brass and percussion players has performed a wide spectrum of band music throughout San Diego County. Since 1983, we have delighted thousands to the sounds of marches, musical theater, classical, movie scores and big band music. Our musicians have appeared in over 300 concerts in venues ranging from concert halls, parks and band shells, to schools, shopping centers and theaters.

We continue to support music with concerts for the community and presentations of scholarship funds to deserving Palomar College students. If you are interested in sustaining and supporting our activities and programs, your tax-deductible contributions are always welcome. To make a donation towards our Scholarship Fund, or to the Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band for the purchase of music, instruments or supplies, please contact us for more information, or download our Donor Form here.

If you enjoyed playing an instrument in college or high school band, we would love to have you join us. Please call me at 760-390-2990. See our Rehearsals section below for full details.

Our deepest appreciation to our audience for your support over the years. Without your enthusiasm and attendance, our band would cease to exist. To keep up with our performance schedule, add the Palomar/PCCB homepage to your favorites.

I am pleased to have served for more than 20 years as conductor of the Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band. Throughout the years we have been fortunate to have some of the brightest talents as members of our band family. I look forward to sharing new works and beloved favorites with you this season. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to learn more about this exceptional community band.

With warmest regards,
Kenneth Bell
Conductor/Music Director

If you enjoyed playing an instrument in college or high school band and are interested in playing with the Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band, please call Mr. Bell, the Band Director, at 760-390-2990.

We are now the Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band. Rehearsals are 7 PM Thursday nights at Palomar College San Marcos campus .

To register for Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band:

Palomar College: http://www.palomar.edu/

MUS 151 CONCERT BAND
Instructor Ken Bell
Th 7:00PM - 9:50PM
Location: D-6 San Marcos Campus

Campus Map including class location and parking

Palomar Community College District,
Map/Driving Directions Link:
1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069
Tel: 760-744-1150