Press & Awards

"You've done a marvelous job with your musicians!"

"Everyone feels comfortable enough to have fun and be themselves during rehearsals."

"His work on the podium is very impressive."

"I work full-time, and knowing I get to make music with friends gives me something to look forward to every week."

"You've done a marvelous job with your musicians!" "Everyone feels comfortable enough to have fun and be themselves during rehearsals." "His work on the podium is very impressive." "I work full-time, and knowing I get to make music with friends gives me something to look forward to every week."

"We love your attention to detail!"

"He really knows how to hold an audience."

"I thoroughly enjoy every performance!"

"It's really something special that we have Victor as our leader."

"We love your attention to detail!" "He really knows how to hold an audience." "I thoroughly enjoy every performance!" "It's really something special that we have Victor as our leader."

"Victor just feels music differently and his performances are top-notch"

"I am so thrilled I get to come to your concerts and meet the real Victor."

"He lets us express ourselves the way we want to as musicians."

"Each rehearsal I look forward to the new challenges we are presented with and how we tackle them as an ensemble and as people."

"Victor just feels music differently and his performances are top-notch" "I am so thrilled I get to come to your concerts and meet the real Victor." "He lets us express ourselves the way we want to as musicians." "Each rehearsal I look forward to the new challenges we are presented with and how we tackle them as an ensemble and as people."

Reviews and Features

Conductor Victor T. Anstine & Organist Cindy Braun

The Akron Pops Orchestra Holiday Concert featuring the Civic’s Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ
Board President Rachel Blennman & Victor T. Anstine

The Akron Pops Orchestra Gershwin Centennial Performance Rhapsody in Blue, 2024 Akron Civic Theatre
Silent Film Soundtrack Concert

The Akron Pops Orchestra at the Akron Civic Theatre, Silent Film Performance, Spring 2024
Pianist Janice Fehlauer & Conductor Victor T. Anstine

The Akron Pops Orchestra Gershwin Centennial Performance Rhapsody in Blue, 2024
Concert at Weathervane Playhouse Theatre

The Akron Pops Orchestra Season Finale Concert July 31 2023

Victor T. Anstine, 66th Kaffeesieder Ball 2025, Fotostudio Richard Schuster

Student Production Award

The ©National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), Ohio Valley Chapter awarded he and his colleague, Jessi Bennett, a Student Production Award for Audio for their film Buzzing in the Garage, a film by Nate LaGuardia. Victor T. Anstine composed the score; an IMDB credit is given online.
August, 2017. Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States.

The John Phillip Sousa Band Award

In May 2016, Victor Anstine was awarded the John Phillip Sousa Band Award from Green High School in the city of Green, Ohio, United States.
“The Sousa Award is the pinnacle of achievement in the high school band. The John Philip Sousa Band Award® recognizes superior musicianship and outstanding dedication, dependability, loyalty, and cooperation.”
-SousaMusic.com

BACH International Music Competition

Universal Music Society Partner

Gdańsk, Poland

Second Prize Winner,

Category, Conducting

Universal Maestro Society

Film Submission: Victor T. Anstine, Danube Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal - Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana Preludio - YouTube

February 12, 2025 Competition Winners