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The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

The Student News Site of Oregon State University

The Daily Barometer

Retiring symphony conductor Marlan Carlson (he/him) poses for a photograph on June 15 in front of a piano located in his office in Oregon State University’s Community Hall in Corvallis. “All of my training on the East Coast and in Europe has qualified me to teach in many music schools, but I have decided to decline all of those offers,” says Carlson, “Oregon State has allowed me to be an entrepreneur, and I was able to reinvent myself several times.”

Conductor, husband and traveler: Marlan Carlson retires after 54 years at OSU

Alexander Banks, News Contributor
July 3, 2023

When describing his life, Music Director Marlan Carlson believed good fortune seemed to rain down on him: from meeting his wife in Illinois to playing in orchestras from London, Germany and Japan. Carlson...

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