Cora Voce Staff

Randy Spitzer
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 sixth 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, Wise Counsel Leadership— Partnership, Not Paternalism (How to lead without resorting to authoritarianism) 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, Wise Counsel Leadership— The New Model for Leading in the TransAction Zone. .



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