Ron Spigelman
Australian conductor Ron Spigelman is an honors graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. Earlier in his career he was the Associate Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Fort Worth Symphony, Music Director of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, San Angelo Symphony, Texas Chamber Orchestra, Springfield Symphony (MO), and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (NY) where he is now conductor emeritus. He has also served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Fort Worth and Syracuse Symphony and is currently Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic.
Guest conducting appearances have included the Atlanta, St. Louis, Baltimore, Utah, Oregon, Kansas City, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Colorado and Nashville Symphonies, as well as the Florida Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra.
He has conducted Symphonic, Ballet, Opera, Musical Theatre and Pops plus over 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., Vanessa Williams, 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 in 2004, and the world premiere recording of Sylvan by Michael Torke with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta.
Ron lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife Laura, and they have a combined 6 children. He is board president of Harmony Project Tulsa, bringing instrumental instruction to underserved youth in collaboration with the Tulsa Public Schools. In 2024 he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Human Development at Arizona State University receiving the dean’s medal for academic excellence and in May of 2026 completed his Master of Liberal Studies degree – also from ASU - graduating with academic distinction. His applied project was a graduate course for conductors in the vital communication, leadership and social skills needed to become a resonant leader and effective music director on and off the podium.