Wayne Reinecke is the Founder-Conductor of the Pasadena Community Orchestra. He also conducts the Rio Hondo Symphony in the Whittier, California area. In addition to his years as a musical director he served as a music educator in the California schools for thirty-nine years, with experience in grades one through junior college. He retired from the Music Department at Pasadena City College in 1995, ending his term of eighteen years at that institution. Various agencies and groups have recognized him throughout his career. In 1970 he receive the Outstanding Young Educator Award from the Arcadia Jaycees. More recently the Pasadena Arts Council recognized him when he was given a Gold Crown Award for contributions to music in the community. He also holds honorary life memberships in the PTA and the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association.

Reinecke plays violin and clarinet and he played in a number of Community Orchestras in Southern California including Riverside, Long Beach, Inland and Rio Hondo symphonies and he served as Assistant Conductor of the San Gabriel Valley Symphony for nine years. He received his A.B. degree at Whittier College and a Master of Arts degree at California State University at Long Beach. He is active in chamber music and maintains contact with the educational field through adjudication and clinician assignments.