Emma Roche holds music degrees from both Westminster Choir College and the USC Thornton School of Music. She started out singing as a young girl in Los Robles Children’s Choir and proudly continued until the age of 18 when she left the Conejo Valley for college.

After completing a master’s degree at USC, Roche spent several years as an opera singer traveling throughout the United States performing with companies including LA Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Charlottesville Opera and San Diego Opera. In 2017 she became a Roster Chorister and soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) performing in their regular season at Walt Disney Concert Hall with additional performances at the Hollywood Bowl and with the LA Philharmonic. Highlights with LAMC include singing the soprano solos in Handel’s Messiah, recording vocals for the Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker soundtrack under the baton of John Williams and winning a Best Choral Performance Grammy for the live recording of Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the LA Phil and world-renowned conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. Equally passionate about music education, Roche has 20 years of experience teaching at the elementary, high school and collegiate levels.

Emma is absolutely delighted and honored to be chosen as the next Artistic Director of Los Robles Children’s Choir where her journey originally started. 

Donna Young is the Founding Director of the Los Robles Children’s Choir which she developed into a four-choir, multi-level organization over a period of 15 years from 1997-2012. During her tenure as Artistic Director, the choir toured internationally in England, Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic. National tours included Denver/Colorado Springs, Nashville with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, and New York City where they sang in Carnegie Hall.

Mrs. Young is the proud recipient of the 2003 Excellence in the Arts Encore Award, presented by the City of Thousand Oaks Arts Commission for her work with the Los Robles Children’s Choir. She has served as a clinician for children’s choir festivals and has directed children’s choirs in churches and choruses in both schools and church settings including the United Methodist
Church Westlake Village where she also served on the faculty for the Pizazz Music Camp.
Mrs. Young taught voice and piano to private students and was the owner of music schools in Ventura and Santa Paula. For several summers, she taught music for the Creative Arts Summer Program in Ventura.

Ms. Young studied Music Education at the University of Maryland and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Pepperdine University where she studied under and served as student assistant to their Distinguished Professor of Choral Music, Dr. Roger Wagner.

Alex Robinson received both her Bachelor's and Master's in Music degrees from University of Miami. She is a professional vocalist, pianist, composer and educator and has performed in major concert series such as the Stanford Jazz Festival and Jazz Roots at the Adrienne Arsht Center. In 2019, she spent a week performing original music in Zagreb, Croatia as part of the International Association of Schools of Jazz. She can be heard as a backing vocalist on various projects, from star-studded concerts to educational material for children. As an arranger, her work has been featured in the New York Voices Vocal Jazz Camp and the Jazz Education Network independent arrangers' reading session. She has worked with all ages and experience levels, privately and in large student groups and choirs. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Miami, she directed a jazz vocal ensemble, designed and taught courses, and taught private lessons.

Shalese has sung her whole life! From a family of musicians, there was always music around. Shalese received her first formal training at Regional Center for the Arts in Connecticut for 3 years learning musical theater mix/belt technique and building a character through voice. At BYU-Idaho Shalese studied choral education and classical voice performance and learned quickly that she loves to sing everything!

A firm believer that healthy vocal techniques are the foundation of all great singing, she combines essential choral concepts with singing basics in her classroom. She especially adores working with younger kids and encouraging their love of music. She works with their learning styles to start from where they are and establish a foundation for musical endeavors.

She's an active performer, most recently performing in the Pirates of Penzance with the Utah Opera, in the Collegiate singers of BYU-Idaho as a soloist, and cast in separate productions of Rob Gardner's Lamb of God as Mother Mary and as Martha.

Aimoku Higa received her Bachelors degree in Music Education with an emphasis in Choral Education from BYU. A native to Northern Virginia, Aimoku first fell in love with choral singing in middle school. She has sung in choirs ever since, most recently being with the Sunday Night Singers. Aimoku knew that she wanted to teach and conduct choral music early on in her choral journey with the thought that the conductor has the best seat in the house.

Aimoku is thrilled to be joining Los Robles Children's Choir staff. From conducting an adult community choir in Utah to teaching general music at her local elementary school in Camarillo, teaching music across all ages has been a passion of hers. Since living so far from where she grew up, being a part of a choir has always brought a sense of home no matter where Aimoku lives.

Kevin Su Fukagawa enjoys playing piano in a wide range of situations. Among the various playing opportunities that Kevin is involved with, Moorpark College and Thousand Oaks High School are two programs where he finds himself collaborating with vocalists and instrumentalists.  At Moorpark College, Kevin works with the Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Fundamental Vocal Techniques, Advanced Vocal Development, and works directly with students in the Applied Voice program.  On the weekends, Kevin gets to play at a local church and jazz in Santa Barbara. Kevin received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media from Eastman School of Music (2004) and a Masters of Fine Arts in Jazz Studies from California Institute of the Arts (2007). 

Amy Komie is enjoying her fourteenth year with the Choir. She also serves as the accompanist for Oaks Christian High School and Middle School choirs, as well as Simi Valley High School and Moorpark Presbyterian Church choir. Ms. Komie received her B.A. in piano from the University of North Texas. In addition to accompanying for choirs and soloists, she teaches private piano lessons in the local area. Ms. Komie is passionate about sharing the love of music with others and enjoys continuing to learn and grow as a musician.

Dana Rouse was Executive Director of Los Robles Children's Choir for 10 years, conducting both Apprentice and Bel Canto Choirs. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Biola University and her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from the Eastman School of Music. She has appeared as a solo oratorio artist in many works including Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody, Verdi’s Requiem and Handel's Messiah. Dana has a love for teaching and has run the Rouse Music Studio for more than 23 years. She has also taught voice at State University of New York in Fredonia, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and California Lutheran University. Dana has been a member of the Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Cincinnati Opera Chorus, and Los Robles Master Chorale, and currently sings with the professional vocal quartet Seraphour. 

Ed Rouse was the Artistic Director of Los Robles Children's Choir for 10 years, conducting Amadeus and Camerata Choirs.  A native of California, he studied choral conducting at Biola University, where he received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education. He then studied at the Eastman School of Music, gaining his Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting. Ed is active professionally as a chorister and soloist and has sung in different ensembles around the country. He currently is singing with Areté Vocal Ensemble and is active as an adjudicator and choral technician in the Southern California area. Ed is a vocal coach and the Director of High School Choral Studies at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village.