Shepherd was appointed Director of Music at Geelong College in 1936, but had to withdraw within a year due to illness.
Frank (later Sir Francis) Rolland, to appoint the 22-year-old Logie-Smith in his place, despite him having no academic qualifications or teacher training.
In 1948 he took a year's leave from the college to study conducting in England with Sir Adrian Boult and John Barbirolli.
One of the Australian pianist Geoffrey Tozer's earliest public performances was in 1964, when aged about 10, with the Astra Chamber Orchestra under Logie-Smith's direction.
In 1955 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE),[2] and this was upgraded to Officer (OBE) status in 1971.