He was honored by the University of Michigan as the recipient of the prestigious Harold Haugh Award for excellence in studio teaching. His former students hold positions of prominence in music schools and conservatories throughout the world. A devoted teacher himself, his own piano students have repeatedly won awards in many national and international competitions including Hilton Head San Antonio Cincinnati World Washington Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofieff Fischoff Jacob Flier Iowa Frinna Awerbuch Eastman Crescendo Dallas Chamber Missouri Southern Los Angeles Liszt Wideman Concorso Internazionale di Esecuzione Musicale Schimmel, Liszt-Garrison Grieg Festival Del Rosario Beethoven Sonata Ithaca Piano Arts Heida Hermanns Dubois Schmidbauer Peabody Mason Janáček Seattle Kingsville New York Oberlin Idyllwild as well as numerous Music Teachers National Association competitions. Professor Skelton's principal teachers have included John Murphy, Rebecca Penneys, Lillian Freundlich, and Artur Balsam. His song cycle Anderson Songs: The Islander, was a recipient of the Music Composition Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. He composed the required work for the 1993 New Orleans International Piano Competition. we are in the hands of someone who lives and breathes song." His works have been performed throughout the world by a variety of musicians in settings such as Carnegie Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, Tblisi in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, Australia, Sorrento, Italy, as well as numerous cities throughout the United States including Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Tampa, New Orleans, Lincoln, Houston, Detroit, and many others. these are exquisitely crafted art songs in the American tradition. In Fanfare magazine reviews, Skelton as a composer of song has been singled out for his ability to ". in word and sound-play," Dial M for Musicology. illuminated with brilliance and deep emotional power," American Record Guide.
Critics have noted the close fusion of text and music in Skelton's songs, how words are ". Bravo!"Īs a composer, Skelton has a special affinity for art song, having composed well over a hundred songs, including numerous song cycles. American Record Guide described this as a "fascinating recording," commenting on Skelton's "superb, wonderfully subtle and elegant playing. His Centaur Records compact disc, of all 20th century American solo piano music, is titled American Grab Bag: Piano Music of Our Time. He is a frequent juror for international piano competitions. Moreover, he has given countless performances and masterclasses at colleges, conservatories, and conferences throughout the U.S., South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Poland, and Czech Republic. He is a popular presenter at music teacher organizations including numerous appearances at MTNA national conventions and EPTA World Piano Conferences, as well as serving as convention artist for state conventions in New York, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, North Carolina, Wyoming, and Iowa.
A frequent guest at music festivals, Skelton regularly appears in such settings as Gina Bachauer Amalfi Coast Gijón Eastman Tunghai Chautauqua Institution American Romanian Eastern New Orleans Poland International Indiana University Hilton Head Island and the Prague International Piano Masterclasses. He has recorded numerous discs for Centaur, Albany, Crystal, Blue Griffin, and Naxos Records, the latter on which he performed on two pianos with fellow composer-pianist William Bolcom. As a performer, Skelton has concertized widely in the United States, Europe, and Asia and has been featured on many public radio and television stations including NPR's Audiophile Audition, Performance Today, All Things Considered, and Morning Edition, as well as on radio in China and national television in Romania. Logan Skelton is a much sought-after pianist, teacher, and composer whose work has received international critical acclaim. His visit to campus is hosted by piano faculty member Jose Ramon Mendez.
University of Michigan professor Logan Skelton presents a masterclass for Penn State piano students.
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