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Artistic
Director & Conductor Randy Spitzer is a 1974
cum laude graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). While at PLU,
Mr. Spitzer was a frequent performer in musical and children�s
theater, sang in the Choir of the West and studied conducting under
Dr. Maurice Skones. During the last two of his four years in the choir, Randy
was section leader, soloist and choir president. The son of a choral
conductor, at the age of twelve Randy was given his first opportunity to
conduct the school orchestra at his six grade graduation ceremony. Randy
accepted his first paid conducting position in 1972 as a church choir
director in nearby Puyallup, Washington while still a student at PLU. Since
that time, Mr. Spitzer has remained an active church musician, serving as
soloist, liturgist and choir director for a number of congregations in the
Pacific Northwest. From 1974 to 1983 Randy
taught public school choral music in Federal Way, Colville and Spokane,
Washington. While doing so, he served as President of Eastern Washington
Music Educators Association and Vice President of Washington Music Educators
Association. For more than thirty years, Mr. Spitzer has also been a featured
baritone soloist with various choirs (including Cora Voce), orchestras, opera
companies and musical theater groups. Mr. Spitzer served as
the chairman of the board of directors of Cora Voce since its formation in
2003. After the founder of Cora Voce, Deuane Kuenzi, stepped down as artistic
director in the fall of 2006, Mr. Spitzer was selected by the board as the
new artistic director. Randy Spitzer is
Executive Vice President and Director of Curriculum Development of Lebow
Company, Inc. (LCI). An author and lecturer, Mr. Spitzer has also written
numerous articles and book reviews. He is co-author of the book Accountability�Freedom
and Responsibility without Control, and author of the soon to be released
book, Leadership in the TransAction Zone�The New Wise Counsel
Leadership Model.
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