Bass/Baritone Verley "Butch" Spivey has retired
from the title role in The Play of Herod which he performed since the
play's first production in 1974.
Mr. Spivey
is a United States Administrative Law Judge. He received a Bachelor of Chemistry
degree from Stetson University, an MBA from Georgia State University and
a J.D. from Emory University. Mr. Spivey is a former Senior Assistant Attorney
General in the Georgia State Law Department and served as Georgia's Deputy
Secretary of State under former Senator Max Cleland. While at Stetson he
was a member of the University Chorus and the Stetson University Quartet
and studied vocal performance with Dr. Paul Langston. He studied voice with
Patricia Heuermann at Emory University and the late Peter Harrower at Georgia
State University.
Mr. Spivey has appeared locally with the Atlanta Symphony, the Atlanta Ballet,
Georgia Opera, and Shoestring Opera among many others and has performed opera,
oratorio and popular music throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Mexico.
He was a soloist and member of the quartet at the Temple for many years.
Mr. Spivey is a Viet Nam war veteran and directed Choirs in Viet Nam and Fort
Bragg, N.C. while serving in the Army Medical Service Corps.