Joseph Place
Chaparral
Musicfest 2008 Resident Conductor
Joseph D. Place, a fifth generation
Arizona Native has conducted throughout the southwest for
over 20 years. Place holds a Bachelor of Music degree from
Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona in church music
and has studied additionally at the University of Redlands
California, specializing in trumpet performance and
conducting. Place has served churches as Director of Music
in Arizona, California and Texas. Place is currently
employed as Director of Music at Trinity Presbyterian
Church in Prescott, Arizona and also serves as a conductor,
educator, facilitator and clinician for festivals,
conferences and master classes in choral and instrumental
music.
