Music · Chess · Durham
About Logan
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About Logan
A Little About Me
I’m Logan James — a private instructor with a passion for helping students explore their potential through music and chess. With a Physics degree from UCSB and over a decade of one-on-one coaching experience, I’ve taught hundreds of students to express themselves creatively and think strategically. Whether it’s learning your first song or mastering your opening repertoire, I bring focus, fun, and personalization to every lesson!
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Student TestimonialsAbout Logan
Logan is a former coach with the prestigious US Chess Academy, and current chess coach at Holt Elementary and has over 10 years of chess and music education experience. A highly experienced coach and player, and 2022 Santa Barbara County Chess Champion, he is also an accomplished music instructor having educated more than 200 private students from ages 6 to 80+ in guitar, bass, ukulele, music theory, and more. In addition to a full slate of active students, he currently performs twice a week at the JCC in Durham, and has played, taught, and recorded with dozens of artists from CA to NC. student testimonials here!
He is the organizer of the Durham Chess Club.
He holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. When not teaching, he enjoys hiking, running, reading, hanging out with his cat, and of course – playing music and chess!
Private Music & Chess Tutoring in Durham, NC
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