Dr. Logan Place
Instructor of Trumpet
Office: Pottle 209
Telephone: (985) 549-2196
Email: Logan.Place@selu.edu
Dr. Logan Place joined the faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University as Instructor of Trumpet in 2007. Prior to his appointment he worked as an active freelance musician and teacher in Texas and Arkansas. Dr. Place holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, a Masters degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Texas and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Texas. His primary trumpet instructors were Douglas Lockard, James Buckner, Richard Giangiulio, and Keith Johnson.
Dr. Place has performed with numerous orchestras, wind ensembles and chamber groups. He is currently Third Trumpet in the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Third Trumpet in the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Principal Trumpet in the Jefferson Performing Arts Society pit orchestra. Other groups he has performed with include: the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra at Park Cities, and the Little Rock Wind Symphony. Additionally he can be heard on recordings with the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, University of North Texas Symphonic Band, and the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra. As an active Baroque Trumpet performer Dr. Place has performed with the Orchestra of New Spain and the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra. In 2005 Dr. Place won the Fantini Division of the Baroque Trumpet Competition held every year as a part of the National Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, Virginia.
During the summer, Dr. Place serves on the faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan. He also adjudicates annually at the National Trumpet Competition held in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Place also maintains an active performing and teaching schedule around the United States.
Dr. Place’s former trumpet students have continued their trumpet studies at Universities around the country including: the University of North Texas, the University of Illinois, University of Mississippi, and the University of Arkansas.