Raquel Samayoa is an accomplished trumpet soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, and educator with a diverse and dynamic career. She is currently Associate Professor of Trumpet and co-director of the UNT Brass Band at the University of North Texas College of Music. Dr. Samayoa was previously on faculty at Tennessee Tech University and Northern Kentucky University. Raquel is principal trumpet with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra (TX) and a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Denis Wick Artist and Clinician. Passionate about chamber music, Raquel is a member of the award-winning Seraph Brass and Lantana Trio, with whom she frequently tours both domestically and internationally. Dr. Samayoa serves on the International Trumpet Guild Board of Directors and co-hosted the International Women's Brass Conference in 2014 and 2022. Dr. Samayoa has contributed scholarly articles to The Instrumentalist, Brass Band World, The Brass Herald, and the ITG Journal. In January 2020, she published Dueling Fundamentals for Two Trumpets with Mountain Peak Music. In 2021, she released her second solo album, Trumpet Songs, with Summit Records. As a member of Lantana Trio, Raquel released Crossing Barriers in the Fall of 2022 through MSR Classics. This album, featuring works by women and BIPOC composers, includes five new commissions. She also contributed to an upcoming album of new compositions for brass quintet with Seraph Brass, set to be released in 2025 by Tower Grove Records.