Galen Marshall

Galen Marshall was the founder of the Masterworks Chorale at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California in September 1964.
Biography
Born in March 1934 in Greensburg, Kansas (the city devastated by a massive tornado on May 4, 2007), Marshall's family moved to Modesto, California in 1942. He became friends with the future singer/actor Harve Presnell and they both attended Modesto High School. Marshall left Modesto to attend San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University), where he earned his B.A. and M.A. Marshall's longtime mentor at the university was Dr. John Tegnell.
After teaching at Bay Area high schools and the City College of San Francisco, Marshall joined the faculty of the College of San Mateo in 1963.
Marshall retired in 1997 and is now music director emeritus of the Masterworks Chorale. He guest conducted the Chorale in 2004 to celebrate their 40th anniversary. He has also conducted a small choral group in the Bay Area in recent years. Marshall now lives in Groveland, California with his wife, Linelle, who sang in the Masterworks Chorale and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers. He has owned a realty for a number of years. In 2006, he directed the Schola Summer Sing.
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