Clarinetist Candis Badgley Carlson enjoys a multifaceted career as a  sought-after chamber musician, educator, freelancer, and arts  administrator. Currently, she is the Program Assistant at Youth Music  Monterey County. Previously, she has been the Woodwinds Teaching Artist  with Youth Orchestra Salinas as well as a faculty member at California  State University Northridge, teaching clarinet and chamber music.

In  demand as a chamber musician, Candis has performed with numerous  chamber groups, including the LA Chamber Music Company, the Felici Trio,  N’Cinq Woodwind Quintet, Exploration Music Project, CSUN ChamberFest,  and most recently with the Monterey County Pops Woodwind Quintet. Mrs.  Badgley Carlson also founded Valley Chamber Ensembles, a Los  Angeles-based non-profit that strives to enrich the community by  providing an experience and an education through chamber music. Through  four seasons, she programmed several unique concerts and became a  grantee of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.

An  active orchestral musician, Mrs. Badgley Carlson has performed with  several orchestras including OperaSLO, Mission Opera, Lompoc Pops  Orchestra, Ventura Symphony Orchestra, Sierra Nevada Pops Orchestra,  Valencia Philharmonic, Moorpark Ballet Company, and Monterey County  Pops. She has performed as a soloist with the CSUN Symphony Orchestra as  a winner of the 2016 Concerto Competition. Additionally, Candis has  recorded for motion pictures, several short films, and can be heard on  the Marks Record recording “Music from the Heart from the Heartland.”  Additional experience includes recording for the BMI program Uni Music  Mentors with Emmy-nominated composers Cindy O’Connor, Rebecca Kneubuhl,  and Tony Morales. Most recently she can be heard on bass clarinet on the  motion picture soundtrack SICK.

Mrs. Badgley Carlson  received her Bachelor of Music from Wichita State University under Dr.  Suzanne Tirk and her Master of Music from California State University  Northridge under Dr. Julia Heinen.