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Projects

Associate Conductor • Artistic Director of Salon Series

  • In partnership with The Hamptons International Film Festival I spearheaded "Music and Film In Concert" featuring Charlie Chaplin's A Dog's Life

  • Lead the Tour of The Hamptons outreach initiative to reach over 500 diverse students of all ages

  • Successfully developed/implemented fundraising strategies to bring in $50k in donations

Logan Souther The Hamptons Festival of Music
Logan Souther conducting at The Hamptons Festival of Music
Logan Souther The Atlanta Opera

Cover Conductor • Coach

  • Cover Conductor for Maestri Gary Wedow and Francesco Milioto

  • Lead successful coaching session with singers Daniel Moody, Jasmine Habersham, and Megan Marino and others

  • Conducted staging rehearsals of Handel's Giulio Cesare and Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance

Logan Souther conducting opera
Logan Souther Sarasota Opera

Assistant/Cover Conductor • Coach

  • Cover conductor to Maestro Victor DeRenzi

  • Conducted/rehearsed cover stagings, and lead successful cover runs of Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Verdi's Ernani

  • Lead successful coaching sessions with principals, covers, and young artist singers

Logan Souther conducting opera rehearsal
Logan Souther conductor Atlanta Music Project

Principal Conductor • Educator

  • Principal conductor for AMP's two youth orchestras

  • Consistently raised performance standards to develop the orchestra into one of the leading El Sistema based organizations in America

  • Music Theory teacher, ensemble coach, mentor: Many of AMP students have gone on to pursue higher education in music

Logan Souther with students from Atlanta Music Project
Logan Souther Hugh Hodgson School of Music UGA

Vocal Coach • Opera Coach • Conductor

  • Principal coach and conductor for UGA's leading vocal students

  • Principal coach and conductor for Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera (Spring 2025) 

Logan Souther conductor with Opera Soprano
Logan Souther conductor Atlanta Pops Orchestra

Guest Conductor

  • Collaborated with high-level pops/cross over artists such as Chloe Agnew (Celtic Woman), John Driscoll Hopkins (Zac Brown Band), and leading bluegrass band Balsam Range 

  • Lead successful rehearsals and performances to sold-out audiences

Logan Souther conducting the Atlanta Pops Orchestra
Logan Souther conductor Georgia State University Opera

Music Director • Principal Conductor • Opera Coach

  • Consistently raised vocal and performance standards over several years

  • Coached all singers on all roles, accompanied staging rehearsals for performances, determined working rehearsal, contracted orchestra members and conducted sold-out performances

  • Conducted vast operatic repertoire ranging from Mozart to Bernstein and Stephen Paulus

Logan Souther conducting Georgia State University Opera
Logan Souther conductor Georgia Festival of Music

Associate Conductor • Co-Founder

  • Co-Produced the GFM Pilot season at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta

  • Lead successful rehearsals and performance of Beethoven Symphony No. 1 with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Opera Orchestra, and Atlanta Ballet Orchestra

  • Programmed and performed outreach/fundraising chamber music performances

Logan Souther performing chamber music
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