Victor T. Anstine has been studying and conducting symphonic music for the past sixteen years, starting in 2009, and operatic music and production of drama for seven years, starting in 2017. He is also comfortable in the position of Maestro al cembalo. To read a biography or to learn more, go visit the “About" page.

In 2022 he was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Akron Pops Orchestra in Akron, Ohio, as well as the Assistant Conductor of the Euclid Symphony Orchestra under Matthew Salvaggio in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2024, Victor was appointed Pit Orchestra Conductor for the Akron Civic Theatre’s Akron All-City Musical 12th and13th Season productions.

As a young conductor and musician, he is always eager seeking opportunities to expand his experiences, on and off the podium to better the public's perception of The Arts.

Rehearsal footage available upon request, listed below.

Full Symphonic portfolio available upon request.

Previous Performances

Also available upon request:

Archived performances and rehearsals from 2019-2024:

  • Danube Symphony Orchestra Full Rehearsal, Budapest Hungary

  • Joseph Bologne Chevalier St. Georges, “L’Amant Anonyme” Overture (1780), Full Rehearsal, Mr. Anstine at the Piano

  • Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from “Cavalieria rusticana”(1890), Rehearsal

  • Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4, Mov. 1 (1899), Performance & Full Rehearsal

  • Richard Wagner, Siegfried Idyll (1870), Performance & Full Rehearsal

  • Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 10 (1910-11) - II. Scherzo, V. Finale, Full Rehearsal

  • Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 8, II. Finale, Rehearsal

Danube Symphony Orchestra, Rehearsal - Richard Wagner,

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Vorspiel

(Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar)

Recorded live in Budapest, Hungary 8 March, 2024

Nador Terem, Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar, Danube Symphony Orchestra - rehearsal with Victor T. Anstine

The Akron Pops Orchestra

Recorded live in Weathervane Playhouse Theatre, The Akron Pops Orchestra is a volunteer American jazz orchestra made up of musicians representing the many areas surrounding greater Akron, Ohio, and is one of Ohio’s most historic performing orchestras, being founded in 1926. Visit us at akronpops.org for more information and events! This is a concert highlight film of the orchestras 96th Season Finale Concert performance on July 31st, 2023

Further details and program in video description.

Conducting Abroad

Victor T. Anstine participated in the 2022 “Vienna School” Conducting Competition in Vienna, Austria in July 2022. Conducting a rehearsal of Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 94 I. Adagio – Vivace assai, work drawn at random from a predetermined list.

Danube Symphony Orchestra, Rehearsal -Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1, Blumine

(Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar)

Recorded live in Budapest, Hungary 8 March, 2024

Nador Terem, Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar, Danube Symphony Orchestra - rehearsal with Victor T. Anstine

 

Danube Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal - Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana Preludio

(Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar)

Recorded live in Budapest, Hungary 8 March, 2024

Nador Terem, Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar, Danube Symphony Orchestra - rehearsal with Victor T. Anstine

“Fanfare for the Common Man”

To kick off the 2019 Capital University Conservatory school year, members of the Capital University Orchestra joined Victor T. Anstine in performing Aaron Copland’s captivating 1942 fanfare. Further details in the video description.

 

Operatic Study Portfolio

2017-2024 - 83 Operas, 35 Composers, Range, 1597-1926

*w/ staging and cuts prepared

​Richard Wagner-

  • *Der Ring des Nibelungen (*Das Rheingold, *Die Walkure, *Siegfried, *Gotterdammerung, 1848-74)

  • Der Fliegende Holländer (1840)

  • Lohengrin (1850)

  • Tannhäuser (1845)

  • Die Meistersinger (1868)

Scott Joplin- 

  • Treemonisha (1911)

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges-

  • l'Amant Anonyme (1780)

Dame Ethyl Smyth-

  • The Wreckers (1906)

  • The Boatswains Mate (1914)

Lilli Boulanger-

  • Faust et Helena (1913)

Jean-Baptiste Lully - 

  • Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670)

  • Armide (1686)

  • Atys (1675)

Jacopo Peri-

  • Euridice (1597)

Pietro Mascagni-

  • *Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

Tan Dun- 

  • Tea: A Mirror of Soul (2002)

Wolfgang A. Mozart-

  • Cosi fan Tutte (1790)

  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782)

  • *Le Nozze di Figaro (1786)

  • Thamos, King of Egypt (1780)

  • Don Giovanni (1787)

William Grant Still- 

  • Troubled Island (1939)

Richard Strauss-

  • Der Rosenkavalier (1911)

  • Feuersnot (1901)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor-

  • The Song of Hiawatha (1900)

Robert Schumann- 

  • Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (1853)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky-

  • Eugene Onegin (1832)

  • Maid of Orleans (1879)

Camille Saint-Saëns-

  • Samson et Delilah (1877)

  • Phryne (1893)

Elisabeth Jacquet la Guerrera - 

  • Cephale et Procris (1694)

Johann Strauss II-

  • *Die Fledermaus (1874)

Franz Lehar -

  • Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909)

Otto Nicolai -

  • The Merry Wives Of Windsor (1849)

Ludwig V. Beethoven-

  • Fidelio (1805)

Giacomo Meyerbeer-

  • *Les Huguenots (1836)

  • *Robert le Diable (1831)

  • Vasco de Gama (1864)

  • Alimelek oder Wirt und Gast (1813)

  • *l'Étoile du Nord (1854)

  • Margarita d’Anjou (1820)

  • *Il crociato in Egitto (1824)

  • Emma di Resburgo (1819)

  • *Ein Feldlager in Schlesien (1844)

François-Adrien Boieldieu-

  • La Dame Blanche (1825)

  • Le calife de Bagdad (1800)

Alexander Zemlinsky-

  • Eine florentinische Tragödie (1916)

  • Es war einmal (1900)

Hector Berlioz-

  • *Les Troyens (1863)

Giacomo Puccini-

  • *La Bohème (1895)

  • La fanciulla del West (1910)

  • Il Tabarro (1918)

  • Tosca (1900)

Vincenzo Bellini- 

  • *Il Pirata (1827)

  • Norma (1831)

  • Il Puritani (1835)

Gaetano Donizetti- 

  • Anna Bolena (1830)

  • Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

  • La fille du Regiment (1839)

  • Gemma di Vergy (1834)

  • Lucrezia Borgia (1833)

Giuseppe Verdi- 

  • Otello (1887)

  • Aida (1871)

  • La Traviata (1853)

  • Rigoletto (1851)

  • Ernani (1844)

  • Il Trovatore (1853)

  • Un ballo in maschera (1859)

Charles Gounod-

  • *Faust (1859)

Georges Bizet-

  • Carmen (1875)

  • Les pêcheurs de perles (1863)

George Frederic Handel -

  • *Julius Caesar in Egypt (1724)

  • Rinaldo (1711)

  • Almira (1705)

  • Rodelinda (1736)

Claudio Monteverdi -

  • l’Orfeo (1607)

  • Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1640)

Gioachino Rossini- 

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)

  • Signor Bruschino (1813)

Elisabeth Jacquet la Guerrera - 

  • Cephale et Procris (1694)

Henry Purcell -

  • King Arthur (1691)

  • Dido and Aeneas (1689)

  • The Fairy Queen (1692)

Musical Theater Study:

2014-2024 - 15 Musicals

 10 * w/ staging and cuts prepared

-*Titanic: The Musical (1997)

-*A Christmas Carol (Alan Menken, 1994)

- *Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken, 1983)

- Disney’s Newsies (Alan Menken, 1992)

-*Legally Blonde (Heather Hach, 2007)

-Shrek: The Musical (2008)

-*Candide (1956/74)

-The Fiddler on The Roof (1964)

-*Les Miserables (1980)

-The Sound of Music (1959)

-*Sweeney Todd (1979)

-*A Little Night Music (1973)

-The Producers (2001)

-*Phantom of the Opera (1986)

-*Love Never Dies (2010)

-Jekyl & Hyde (1990)

-Hades Town (2006)

Ballet Score Study:

2020-2024 - 15 Ballets

Ludwig Minkus:

  • Don Quixote (1871)

  • La Bayadere (1877)

Adolphe Adam:

  • Giselle (1841)

Leo Delibes:

  • Sylvia (1876)

Alexander Glazunov:

  • Raymonda (1898)

  • The Seasons (1899)

Csare Pugni:

  • La Esmeralda (1844)

Pytor Tchaikovsky:

  • Sleeping Beauty (1890)

  • Swan Lake (1876)

  • The Nutcracker (1892)

Igor Stravinsky:

  • The Rite of Spring (1913)

  • Petrouchka (1911)

Aaron Copland:

  • Rodeo (1942)

  • Appalachian Spring (1944)

Leonard Bernstein:

  • Fancy Free (1944)

Example Essays and Writings

Victor is among the many artists throughout history who have valued the power of the written word to carry on the tradition of music making. Many of his most important musical and dramatic thoughts, philosophies and ideas are written into essays, peer-reviewed, edited, and polished into cohesive works that demonstrate his new ideas and philosophies for modern music in a digestible format for all to read, debate, elaborate and collaborate.

Writings to come: (2017-2023)

  • “Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 10”

  • "The New Generations' Wagner Guide"

  • “Meyerbeer’s Operas” Essay

  • "Gesamtkunstwerk: The Mahlerian Artistic Philosophy & The Importance of Historical Recording Study"

  • "A Case for Wilhelm Richard Geyer Wagner"

  • "A Guide for Historical Recording Analysis"

  • “Der Ring des Nibelungen” Essay

  • “Antonio Pappano Masterclasses” Essays

  • “Simon Williams Wagner Society Lectures” Essays