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After 50 years of mentoring thousands of collegiate choral members, including 20 years at UCLA, Donald Neuen will retire at the end of the school year. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

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Donald Neuen retires after 50 years of collegiate conducting

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About 60 years ago, a church choir asked second-year Bluffton University student Donald Neuen to step in as conductor, a request that the undergraduate accepted hesitantly.

https://dailybruin.com/2014/06/09/donald-neuen-retires-after-50-years-of-collegiate-conducting/

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Donald Neuen retires after 50 years of collegiate conducting

By Shreya Aiyar

June 9, 2014 12:00 a.m.