| Pacific Crest | |
| Division: | World Class |
| Founded: | 1993 |
| Director: | Stuart Pompel |
The Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Diamond Bar, California and City of Industry, California, Pacific Crest is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI).[1]
Pacific Crest was founded in 1993 to serve the youth in the eastern part of Los Angeles County. Marching only 33 members in its inaugural season,[2] the corps grew in size and ability while maintaining a local California profile. The corps did not perform outside its home state until traveling to Texas for two shows in 2000. The corps journeyed to the Northwest in 2002, and entered the national competition scene by attending its first DCI Championships at Orlando, Florida in 2003, where many drum corps fans unfamiliar with Pacific Crest were surprised as the corps reached the semifinal round. Although it now tours nationally each season, the corps has maintained a focus on servicing the Southern California region. Pacific Crest has advanced to DCI Semifinals in 2003, 2007–08, 2011–19, and 2022–24.[3]
In addition to performing in DCI, Pacific Crest has also performed at several independent events, including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl[4] and in the 2019 Rose Parade.
Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization (PCYAO), a 501(c)(3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, CEO, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Stuart Pompel serves as PCYAO's Chief Executive Officer, and has been involved with the organization since its inception. In addition to its flagship drum corps program, PCYAO has previously supported a winterguard unit (2002-2005) that competed in Winter Guard International (WGI) and the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) circuits. The winterguard competed in the Independent World Class (2002), Independent Open Class (2003), and Independent A Class (2004-2005); the winterguard was a WGI finalist and WGASC gold medalist for the Independent A Class in 2004[5] and 2005.[6] The organization also sponsors a suite of educational outreach programs, including workshops for marching band students and annual summer camps for current and prospective high school marching band student leaders. PCYAO receives a part of its funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.[7]
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| Year | Repertoire | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Placement | |||
| 1994 | Backdraft It's All Right With Me, Show Me Your Firetruck, Haven't You Heard & Ya Gotta Make Your Own Luck All from Backdraft by Hans Zimmer | Did not attend | ||
| 1995 | Music from Metroscape Double Lattes & the LA Times, Heavy Traffic Reported, Bottom Rung of the Corporate Ladder, Alternate Route Suggested & Back Home All by Dale Leaman | |||
| 1996 | Jekyll and Hyde I Need to Know, Take Me As I Am & Dangerous Game (from Jekyll & Hyde) by Leslie Bricusse & Frank Wildhorn / The World Has Gone Insane (from Dracula: The Concept Recording) by Frank Wildhorn / Confrontation & Alive (from Jekyll & Hyde) by Leslie Bricusse & Frank Wildhorn | |||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1998 | Hamlet The Ghost, Death & Anguish, I Loved You Once, What Players Are They & Madness All from Hamlet by Patrick Doyle | |||
| 1999 | The Dracula Ballet Incident At Charing X Station, Dance Of The Effigies, Seduction At Castle Dracula, The Crypt & The Death of Dracula All from Dracula by Philip Feeney | |||
| 2000 | Joan of Arc: Music of Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light Voices of Light; A Call To Arms; The Siege of Chinon; The Miracle; Sacraments; Coronation; Betrayal, Trial and Torture & The Fire of the Dove Angels in the Cleansing Flames All from Voices of Light by Richard Einhorn | |||
| 2001 | Age of Empire The Adoration of Veless and Ala, The Enemy God and the Dance of the Pagan Monsters & The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun's Cortège (from Scythian Suite) by Sergei Prokofiev / Her Name Was Merit (from The Egyptian) by Alfred Newman / The Reprimand, Following Tzipporah & Red Sea (from The Prince of Egypt) by Hans Zimmer & Stephen Schwartz / The Battle & Barbarian Horde (from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard | |||
| 2002 | Reinvention Atmadja (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Ravendhi (from Dralion) by Violaine Corradi / Seisuoso (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Ombra (from Dralion) by Violaine Corradi / Incantation (from Quidam) and Distorted & Urban (from La Nouba) by Benoit Jutras | |||
| 2003 | 79.300 | 17th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2004 | 77.850 | 19th Place World Class | ||
| 2005 | 77.250 | 19th Place World Class | ||
| 2006 | 74.900 | 21st Place World Class | ||
| 2007 | 79.525 | 17th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2008 | Primality: The Rituals of Passion Selections from Blood Diamond by James Newton Howard / Selections from The Wind and the Lion by Jerry Goldsmith / Selections from Dralion by Violaine Corradi | 79.650 | 17th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2009 | 79.050 | 19th Place World Class | ||
| 2010 | Maze Machu Picchu by Satoshi Yagisawa / Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey / Sam's Gone (from I Am Legend) by James Newton Howard / Turbine by John Mackey | 80.350 | 18th Place World Class | |
| 2011 | 77.750 | 18th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2012 | 80.250 | 16th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2013 | Transfixed Fix a Heart by Emanuel Kiriakou & Priscilla Renea / Instinctive Travels by Michael Markowski / Drum Music by John Mackey | 82.300 | 16th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2014 | No Strings Attached Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach / Firefly by Ryan George / Shadowplay (from Kà) by René Dupéré / A Tango by John M. Meehan & Mike Huestis | 78.900 | 20th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2015 | 74.925 | 21st Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2016 | The Union Foundry: Original Composition by John Meehan, Pete Lucero & Brian Dinkel Working: Aha! by Imogen Heap Space Between: Fix You by Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin & Guy Berryman (Coldplay) Engine: Original Music by Pete Lucero & Brian Dinkel Train: Point Blank by Paul Dooley / Last Train Home by Pat Metheny | 78.875 | 19th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2017 | 78.000 | 21st Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2018 | Here’s to the Ones Who Dream Planetarium (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz / Overture & Waltz for Peppy (from The Artist) by Ludovic Bource / The 20th Century Fox Mambo (from Smash) by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman / Audition (The Fools Who Dream) (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul / Pretty Peppy (from The Artist) by Ludovic Bource / Epilogue (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz | 79.300 | 20th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2019 | Everglow Awakening: Original Music by Bradley Kerr Green, Jonathan Zuniga & Ezekiel Lanser Adventure: Ready Player One by Alan Silvestri Longing: Meta by Bradley Kerr Green, Jonathan Zuniga & Ezekiel Lanser Trials: View From Olympus by John Psathas Heartbreak: Chinatown by Jerry Goldsmith Rebirth: Insight by Haywyre (Martin Sebastian Vogt) Acceptance & Departure: The Grand Finale (from Edward Scissorhands) by Danny Elfman | 85.350 | 14th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | eX Theme from The Rocketeer by James Horner / Feeling Good by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley / Life on Mars by David Bowie | No scored competitions | ||
| 2022 | Welcome to the Void Finale (from Swiss Army Man) by Andy Hull & Robert McDowell / The Void by Bradley Kerr Green, Jonathan Zuniga & Ezekiel Lanser / Enjoy the Silence by Martin Gore / Intruder by Peter Gabriel / Where Is My Mind? by Black Francis | 80.250 | 19th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2023 | Goddess Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy / Danse Diabolique by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. / Watershed by Vienna Teng / Gloriosa by Yasuhide Ito / Scythian Suite by Sergei Prokofiev | 85.050 | 14th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2024 | The Broken Column Benediction and Dream by Elliot Goldenthal / Burning Red by Elliot Goldenthal / Harmonielehre by John Adams / California Counterpoint: The Twittering Machine by Cindy McTee / Ramalama Bang Bang by Matthew John Herbert & Roisin Murphy / Passage by Cynthia Yih Shih / ...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere by Joseph Schwantner | 86.350 | 13th Place World Class Semifinalist | |