Samuel Huston is a British conductor, clarinettist and academic. 

 

Samuel studied for his undergraduate music degree at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he held academic scholarships, an instrumental award and sang in the College Choir. While studying at Cambridge, he had clarinet lessons at the Royal Academy of Music with Angela Malsbury and Tim Lines as part of the University’s CAMRAM scheme. In 2020, he graduated with a double first in Music.

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Subsequently, Samuel went on to study on the Master of Performance Course at the Royal College of Music. During his time at the RCM, he performed as principal clarinet with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and was featured in the RCM’s ‘In Focus’ series. His studies included clarinet lessons with Tim Lines, Peter Sparks and Colin Lawson, along with conducting classes with Howard Williams.

 

 

Samuel began conducting while he was still at school, and he has since worked with a wide range of orchestras and choirs, performing repertoire spanning from John Dunstable and Guillaume Dufay to new commissions. Alongside his work with the Lambeth Wind Orchestra, Samuel is also the Musical Director of the Harpenden Music Makers Choir and the Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers.

 

 

In recent years, Samuel has been a regular collaborator with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain’s Inspire Ensembles, writing bespoke arrangements for their outreach projects. As a clarinettist, he frequently performs recitals and masterclasses with his duo partner Antonio Morabito as the Mercadante Duo.

 

 

You can find out more about Samuel on his website: www.sghuston.co.uk.