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Sam P. Vladovich was born in 1959 in Washington, D.C.

He is the Founder and Executive Director of Spiritful Voices Community Choir, Inc., in Oklahoma City. Beginning in 1999 with just eight choristers, Vladovich cultivated his volunteer choir to more than 50 singers and nearly a dozen instrumental accompanists in the current season through his passion for music, his masterful teaching skills, and his inveterate marketing savvy—all while working within an almost non-existent budget! He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association (OCDA). A consummate educator for more than 20 years, Sam P. Vladovich served on the faculties of several colleges and schools in the metropolitan Oklahoma City area including Rose State College, Oklahoma State University, and Francis Tuttle Technology Center. Vladovich is a member of United Methodist Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City where he was active in the Celebration Choir for many years. He also served as the Director of Music Ministries at Quail Springs United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City where he conducted the adult choir, youth choir, and orchestra. His volunteer adult community chorus has provided free performances to thousands of Oklahomans during the past ten years, typically presenting 15 to 20 hour-long concerts each year at public venues, retirement communities, skilled care facilities, and nursing homes. The group is in high demand for such prestigious central Oklahoma venues as the Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts, Opening Night, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, the Paseo Arts Festival, the Oklahoma Wine Festival, the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory at the Myriad Gardens, and the Metropolitan Library System. In 2005, Spiritful Voices Community Choir released its debut recording, “Homecoming,” and on June 6, 2009, members of the chorus performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall under the invitation of composer/conductor Joseph M. Martin as part of the 70th Anniversary Celebration of Shawnee Press.