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.
