RON SPIGELMAN
Music Director of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta ( NY ) and Principal Pops Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony , Ron Spigelman is an honors graduate of the Royal Academy of Music , London . In 1996 , he was awarded an Associate of the Royal Academy ( ARAM ) for distinguishing himself in his field . Early in his career he held posts as the Associate Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ( BPO ) and the Associate Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra . Other titles have included Music Director of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra ( MO ) for eight seasons , Music Director of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet , Music Director of the San Angelo Symphony , Music Director of the Texas Chamber Orchestra , Principal Pops Conductor of the Syracuse Symphony , and Music Director of the Metropolitan Classical Ballet in Texas .
This year , Spigelman will appear as a guest conductor with the Tulsa Symphony , the Columbus Symphony , and the Buffalo Philharmonic . Since emigrating to the United States in 1994 , Spigelman has made numerous guest appearances with orchestras across the country , including the Virginia Symphony Orchestra , the Columbus Symphony Orchestra , the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra , the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra , the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra , the Austin Symphony Orchestra , and the Dallas Opera Orchestra .
Amongst numerous career highlights , he lists his debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the critically acclaimed performance and world premiere of Lowell Lieberman ’ s Pegasus , as well as his equally acclaimed Carnegie Hall conducting debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic in 2004 .
Previous to his appointment with the Fort Worth Symphony , Spigelman was the Assistant to the Chief Conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – a position created especially for him , after he was the first person to be awarded the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ’ s Conductor-In-Training position for two consecutive years ; first with the West Australian Symphony , and then with the Queensland Symphony . During this time , he also conducted the Sydney Symphony and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras , as well as the West Australian Opera and the Australian Youth Orchestra .
Since his first appointment in 1992 , Spigelman has conducted over 1,000 performances , and has a repertoire of over 400 works . A champion of new music , he has conducted over 30 world premieres . He has also made several recordings for broadcast , including his performance of the Lukas Foss Opera The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County , which was broadcast nationally and internationally on the NPR show Symphonycast . He has also recorded a number of CDs , including Dream Angels , a collection of orchestral lullabies recorded with the Adelaide Symphony , which was nominated for the Australian Record Industry Award ( ARIA ) for Best Children ’ s Release in 1995 . Ron was also the Executive Producer on the Marvin Hamlisch BPO Christmas Pops Recording and served as the coeditor for all of the BPO NPR broadcasts between 2001 – 2005 .
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