Staff
Our Director
Bobby Westphal
Bio coming soon…
Caption Heads
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Jonathan Zuniga
FRONT ENSEMBLE CAPTION HEAD
As an educator, Jonathan has worked with some of the top ensembles in the marching arts, including Pulse Percussion, The Cadets, Blue Stars, and The Academy. He served at Pacific Crest as Music Coordinator and Front Ensemble & Electronics Composer/Arranger from 2017-2021 and as Creative Director in 2022. He has also designed and taught for such renowned groups as George Mason University and soon to be Blue Knights Indoor Percussion. as well as local Southern California high schools — Chino Hills, Los Alamitos, Great Oak, La Quinta, Sunny Hills, Temple City, Rancho Cucamonga and Cerritos to name a few..
Jonathan performed with The Academy, Blue Devils, and RCC. He served on the Southern California Percussion Alliance (SCPA) Classification Committe for three years and is an official artist for Vic Firth, Zildjian, Mike Balter, and Remo. He is also co-owner and designer at Front2Back Music (front2backmusic.com), a company that creates shows for marching bands and indoor ensembles.
Jonathan lives in Huntington Beach, California with his bicycle and DoorDash.
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Glen Crosby
BATTERY CAPTION HEAD
Glen Crosby has been in the marching arts since 1980. Over that time, he has held various roles from a tenor instructor to program coordinator with numerous DCI, WGI and BOA groups. He has been extremely fortunate to work with some of the most influential cast of characters involved in the activity, (time to name drop) including Ralph Hardimon, Thom Hannum, Murray Gusseck, Jim Casella, Tom Aungst, Scott Johnson, and Tom Float to name a few. He spent 4 years (1981-84) as a member of the Blue Devils, then moved on to instructing The Cadets in 1985. Next stop was the Santa Clara Vanguard, where his largest growth as a teacher occurred under the tutelage of Ralph Hardimon. In addition to his work in drum corps, Glen has also been involved with the indoor percussion activity, having spent 10 years with Pulse Percussion from 2009 to 2019; working with Ian Grom and John Mapes.
Currently Glen’s schedule includes teaching at Mandarins Drum Corps, Cerritos High School, Tetzlaff Middle School, Elan Percussion as well as maintaining a private lesson studio. After decades in the activity he still finds great joy in teaching students of all ages and experience levels.
Glen’s teaching philosophy is guided by his belief that music offers the opportunity to impart life lessons through ignition, deep practice, and master coaching. Whether it is students with special needs, professional musicians, or any student, Glen’s approach to teaching is based on process, patience, and persistence.
Glen endorses Mapex drums, Remo drum heads, Zildjian cymbals, and Vic Firth sticks.
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Brett Wilcox
VISUAL CAPTION HEAD
Brett was born and raised in San Diego, CA. He has taught visual for marching bands in SCSBOA and CSBC since 2018 and has helped his programs earn multiple Best Visual Performance awards. This is Brett’s second year with Cerritos High School, and his first year as Visual Captionhead. In addition to teaching at Cerritos, Brett teaches visual at Woodbridge High School and is the Assistant Director of Pulse Percussion.
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Hector Brambila
COLOR GUARD CAPTION HEAD
Hector Brambila has been involved in the performing arts since 2003. His love for music and art started at a young age and was fully realized under the guidance of his inspiring music director at Norwalk High School in Norwalk, CA. He went on to perform with such groups as Genesis Ensemble Winterguard, SoCal Dream Drum & Bugle Corps, Lealta Winterguard, Diamante Winterguard, and Fantasia Winter Guard.
Hector has been teaching color guard throughout much Southern California since 2008, coaching students from all ages, levels and skill sets. Aside from teaching color guard at Canyon High School, Cerritos High School, Glen A. Wilson High School and Tetzlaff Middle School, he is also one of the Founders and Creative Director at Emerald Independent Open Winterguard, a nationally competitive and 2 time WGI Finalist color guard based in Orange County.
Instructional Staff
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Clint Koehler
FRONT ENSEMBLE
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Malik Svay
BATTERY INSTRUCTOR
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Drew Medina
BATTERY INSTRUCTOR
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Matthew Gullett
MUSIC INSTRUCTOR
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Cameron Gandara
MUSIC INSTRUCTOR
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Elizabeth Gomez
COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTOR
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Steven Ho
VISUAL INSTRUCTOR
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Jessica Kaplan
VISUAL INSTRUCTOR
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Patrick Zhu
VISUAL INSTRUCTOR