MARLIN OWEN
String Area Coordinator
Cello, Music History, Music Cultures of the World
Biola Symphony Orchestra Conductor

Marlin  Owen, String Area Coordinator, conducts the Biola Symphony Orchestra, and teaches cello, music history and world music  cultures. He is an active performer as a solo cellist, chamber musician, guest conductor and chamber music clinician with performances throughout the U. S., Mexico, Europe, and Asia.  He studied  cello with Robert Jamisen, Peter Farrell, Rafael Druian and Janos  Starker, piano with Edward Epple, and guitar with Manuel Lopez  Ramos in Mexico City.  He has conducted the University of  California at San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the San Diego Civic  Youth Orchestras and has an ongoing commitment to train young musicians.  He  is an active supporter and performer of 20th C. composers and music  of world cultures. Recent musical travels have been to New Zealand,  Eastern Europe, Myanmar, France, Thailand, the Middle East, Kenya,  Norway, Wales and Turkey. For the past six years he has performed chamber recitals and conducted concerto concerts with the internationally famed pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler, Biola University’s Distinguished Artist-in-Residence.

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