Australian-born conductor Ron Spigelman was recently appointed as the principal pops conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic of New York. Earlier in his career, he was the associate conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Fort Worth Symphony of Texas, music director of the Texas Ballet Theater, San Angelo Symphony of Texas, Texas Chamber Orchestra, Springfield Symphony of Missouri and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta of New York, where he is now conductor emeritus. He has also served as pincipal pops conductor of the Fort Worth and Syracuse symphonies.
Recent guest conducting appearances include Atlanta, St. Louis, Baltimore, Utah, Oregon, Kansas City, Vancouver, Nashville symphonies and the Minnesota Orchestra.
He has conducted symphonic, ballet, opera, musical theater and pops programs, along with more than 30 live-to-film productions, including all eight of the "Harry Potter" films. Guest artists he has accompanied include Horacio Gutierrez, Rachel Barton Pine, Richard Stoltzman, Marvin Hamlisch, Peter Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Leslie Odom Jr., Gladys Knight and many others.
Career highlights include the world premiere of Pegasus by Lowell Liebermann with the Dallas Symphony, his Carnegie Hall debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the world premiere recording of Sylvan by Michael Torke with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta.
He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with wife Laura and their six children. He is board president of Harmony Project Tulsa, bringing instrumental instruction to underserved youth in collaboration with the Tulsa Public Schools. He also recently graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in family and human development at Arizona State University; he received the dean’s medal for academic excellence and is pursuing a master’s degree in liberal studies.
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