Mission Statement: The mission of Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization is to provide superior educational and competitive performing arts programs that change the lives of young people in the greater Southern California region and prepare them for leadership in a fast-moving world.   Vision Statement:   Pacific Crest will sponsor one of the world’s premier drum and bugle corps. Its instructional staff, known for their excellence in teaching, will develop competitive and educational programs and events that inspire its performers, young musicians, and fans. As a leader in preparing Southern California’s young people for meaningful lives as adults, Pacific Crest will bring together a family of alumni, fans, volunteers, and donors who are deeply connected to the program and its success. Pacific Crest will cultivate meaningful relationships with music educators, elected officials and corporate and community leaders, and will continue to build upon its tradition of serving students using the most efficient expenditure of resources.

Background:

We began in 1993 with 33 students. Today Pacific Crest is one of North America's most respected performing arts programs, and touches the lives of 1,500 students each year.

In the past three years, over 750 students have enrolled for our two-day Fall Workshops. The Workshops provide intensive training in music, dance, and movement for high school and college students.

Our Drum and Bugle Corps (an audition-only group of 150 performers) has traveled 35,000 miles and performed in over 70 competitions, concerts, and parades around the country.

During this period, Pacific Crest also provided performing opportunities for 3,000 young performers by hosting nine competitions as part of the Drum Corps International Summer Music Games Tour. Pacific Crest has also appeared in cinema broadcasts, on television shows and commercials, and in world-class venues, including the Orange County Performing Arts Center and the Rose Bowl.

Pacific Crest’s highly skilled faculty, arrangers, and choreographers -- many are  credentialed music teachers and/or professional performers -- share a love for music and dance, as well as the desire to help talented and motivated students strive for personal excellence.  They were once student performers, themselves, and are now giving back to the community that gave so much to them.

As a member of Drum Corps International (DCI), a nonprofit organization serving drum and bugle corps, Pacific Crest competes in World Class, the highest competitive division in DCI. They represent the City of Diamond Bar and the Southern California Region as one of 24 teams in the Marching Music’s Major Leagues