Pacific Coast Concert Band
Meet Our Conductor
Kenneth Bell brings a wide range of musical experience to the 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 plays French horn with the Brassissimo Quintet, is Assistant Conductor to Dr. David Chase with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus, and Director of Music for San Dieguito United Methodist Church. Previously, Mr. Bell was a Concert Band Conductor and a 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.
Special Notes
Information on rehearsals and becoming a member
The PCCB is a non-profit organization. To make a donation click here
*For more information, please contact the Band Director at 760-390-2990 or e-mail PCCB