Mr. Roger Vasquez

Mr. Roger Vasquez is starting his tenth year in the orchestra classroom, but his first year as Director of Orchestras at I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA in Fort Worth, Texas (Fort Worth ISD). Prior to joining the VPA team, Mr. Vasquez served as the Director of Orchestras for Roy Miller High School (Corpus Christi ISD), and as the Associate Director of Orchestras at Fort Settlement Middle School (Fort Bend ISD) with his friend and colleague, Mrs. Angela Peugnet. 

In his 8 years working at Fort Settlement Middle School the program earned consistent success at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Evaluation, ranking as National Winners with the Mark of Excellence multiple times (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024); placing as Finalists in the TMEA Honor Orchestra process (2017, 2024); and earning the prestigious invite to perform at the Midwest Clinic International Music Conference in Chicago, Il (2024).

A passionate double bass player and advocate for the instrument, Mr. Vasquez is also private bass instructor. His students have found success with auditions, contests, youth orchestras, college auditions, and have earned placement into the rigorous TMEA All-State.

Mr. Vasquez remains active throughout the state as a clinician, contest adjudicator, and amateur composer and author. He is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, Suzuki Association of the Americas, and has recently joined the Texas Music Adjudicators Association.

When not teaching, Mr. Vasquez loves to travel the world with his fiancée, cooking homemade meals, and spending time with friends and family, and spending time with his 3 cats - Momo, Chadwick, and Sibelius.