Pacific Coast Horns

Pacific Coast Horns concerts have something for everyone - from classical arrangements to jazz, from Ragtime and Big Band to Broadway. From brass and song versions of the Great American Songbook to surprise musical medleys, the Pacific Coast Horns perform concerts of superb musicianship and good-natured entertainment.

Kurt Curtis, Trumpet
Kurt has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Japan with the Make Believe Brass, Royal Brass, and as cornet soloist with the Americus Brass Band. Kurt has recorded on Crystal Records and Summit Records and can be heard on several movie soundtracks including, Hidalgo, Glory, and Gettysburg, to name a few. He also freelances and is the assistant conductor of the Disneyland Band and leads the seven-piece Pearly Band as well as Disney’s Fanfare Trumpets. He doubles on the piccolo trumpet, E-flat trumpet, and flugelhorn.

Tim Gill, Trumpet
Tim is a Downbeat award-winning Los Angeles based trumpeter, vocalist, and composer. His unique style of writing and playing has been featured with many artists, as well as with his own 10-piece band, the Time Gill All-Stars. Tim maintains an active teaching schedule as a private instructor and as a clinician/adjudicator for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association.

Mitch Mocilnikar, French Horn
A graduate of California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelors of Music, Mitch works as a freelance player in the Southern California area. He is a member of the Americus Brass Band and has toured extensively across the country. His recording credits include soundtracks for major motion pictures such as Hidalgo, Geronimo, Gettysburg, and Glory as well as several episodes of Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman. He has performed with many orchestras and at most of the major theme parks across the country, including Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

Jeremy Swem, Trombone
A freelance trombonist in the greater Los Angeles area, Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance and Instrumental Music Education from California State University, Long Beach, where he studied with Loren Marsteller, James Miller, and Jeffrey Reynolds. Jeremy can be heard regularly at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA, where he has been a regular member of the Disneyland Band since 2009.  He can also be heard locally with many ensembles and is also active as an educator throughout Southern California, maintaining a private studio in Long Beach.

Charlie Warren, Tuba
Charlie earned his B.M and M.M. degrees from CSU Fullerton, and has performed on numerous film soundtracks and recorded over fifty albums. Over the years he has played many instruments, including the string bass with the Thunder Mountain Boys bluegrass band, 8-key flute, tin whistle, and bodhran with traditional Irish groups, as well as recorder with the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra. Charlie now teaches at Concordia University and has published over seventy works for brass groups.