Topher Logan is the Director of the Community School of the Arts at UConn, and is also involved in graduate research in the field of Psychology of Music.

Education

Matriculating graduate student, Psychology, University of Connecticut

M.M., in Trombone Performance, Baylor University, 1991

B.M., in performance, Univesity of Connecticut, 1987

Research interests in the Psychology of Music include Memory and Performance, Expressive Timing, Coordination, Jazz Improvisation

Click here for links to some of the projects underway in the music research lab at UConn.

Papers

• Chaffin, R., Logan, T. (2006) Practicing perfection: how concert soloists prepare for performance. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. Volume 2, No 2-3, pg 113-130

Conference presentations

• Logan, T., Begosh, K., Chaffin R., Lisboa T. Memorizing for Cello Performance. Paper presented at 8th Conference of The Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Montreal, QC Canada. August, 2007.
• Poster presented at SARMAC 2007 conference