Roger Samuel

Principal Conductor

Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra
Roger Samuel, co-founder and principal conductor of the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, has been a public school music educator for the past 35 years in the Baldwin Park and Azusa Unified School Districts. Presently he is an instrumental music teacher and coordinator of music for the Azusa District. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music and Master of Arts in School Administration from California State University at Los Angeles. He has conducted and coached honor orchestras throughout California and has studied conducted in the US and Europe. He was staff member and conductor of the cello orchestra for the National Cello Institute and a trombone instructor for the Claremont Community School of Music for over twenty years. He is an active performer and clinician.

Janet Samuel, Orchestra Manager

Janet Samuel earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music from California State University at Los Angeles as a piano performance and education major. She was an accompanist for the National Cello Institute for ten years and has also accompanied at the Walker Competition, Pasadena Instrumental Competition, Bronislaw Kaper Competition, American String Teachers Association preliminary and final competitions, the National Cello Congress, University of Southern California, and numerous Suzuki recitals and showcases. Janet is co-founder and manager of the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestras and has been an instrumental and classroom music teacher in the Pomona Unified School District for the past 24 years.
 Wendy Waggener, Orchestra Violin Coach