In Remembrance

The board and staff of The Schubert Club mourn the loss of Bruce Carlson, Executive Director of The Schubert Club from 1968 to 2006.

Submit your Memories of Bruce
(to be made into a memory scrapbook)

Articles about Bruce

Brief Obituary in Star Tribune and Pioneer Press Complete Obituary in pdf form from Albin Chapel Funeral Home Pioneer Press: Carlson's legacy: Schubert Club Star Tribune: Obituary: Bruce Carlson Minnesota Public Radio: Morning Edition talks with Dominick Argento about Carlson's legacy Minnesota Public Radio: Bruce Carlson's friends remember musical visionary North Park University: Bruce Carlson C’62, Champion of Music, Dies at 66

Bruce Carlson in his office

Minnesota Public Radio Special Broadcast: Remembering Bruce Carlson
Aired Sunday, August 13, 8:00 pm
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Picture Gallery    

Dinner with local composer Dominick Argento at the Saint Paul Hotel (2000)
	Assisting baritone Bryn Terfel with his golf clubs.  Terfel had just completed his second International Artist Series recital the previous night. (1996)
Bruce and the Schubert Club staff gathered around one of the many Johnson outboard motors in the Schubert Club office (1999)
	Bruce at one of his regular visits with local author Brenda Ueland. (1980s)
Backstage with mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli at her 1996 International Artist Series debut.
	Bruce and his family in the Schubert Club Musical Instrument Museum (1985)
Presenting soprano Renée Fleming with flowers at her 2005 International Artist Series recital
	In the home of jazz enthusiast and good friend Jane Mattesson at a Schubert Club Christmas Luncheon.
Unpacking the newly acquired Rossi keyboard (1981)
	In the early days of the Museum, the Executive Director himself went on cross-country acquisition trips to track down instruments.
Serenading the staff, presumably with an old Swedish Hymn.
	Bruce with his three grandchildren, Kjersten, Anders, and Annika at his cabin on Bay Lake. (Summer 2006)