Spaulding emerged from American musical training to establish himself as a chorus master of exceptional calibre across Europe's operatic capitals. Beginning his professional career in provincial German opera houses before his 1997 appointment at Vienna Volksoper, he ascended through leadership roles at Barcelona's Liceu and Berlin's Deutsche Oper, where his choral work garnered multiple prizes from *Opernwelt* and the Foundation 'Pro Europa'. Since 2016, he has held the prestigious position of Chorus Director at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, conducting and shaping the vocal ensemble at one of the world's most exacting institutions.
Appointed Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper Berlin (2012), overseeing the chorus to multiple international prizes and establishing himself as a leading figure in European operatic music direction
University of Maryland (trumpet, piano); Hochschule Bremen (conducting); University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (BM, MM in Orchestral Conducting)
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