Background
Bond, Victoria Ellen was born on May 6, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Philip and Jane (Courtl) Bond.
Bond, Victoria Ellen was born on May 6, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Philip and Jane (Courtl) Bond.
Bachelor Museum Arts, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1968. Master Museum Arts, Juilliard School Music, 1975. Doctor Museum Arts, Juilliard School Music, 1977.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Washington and Lee University, 1992. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Hollins College, 1995. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Roanoke College, 1995.
Her grandfather was also a liturgical composer. She continued her studies in composition with Ingolf Dahl and voice with William Vennard at the University of Southern California, and in conducting with Leonard Slatkin at Aspen. Bond married Stephan Peskin in 1974.
She recorded vocals with Bethany Beardslee and for Harry Partch’s Delusion of the Fury.
She also assisted film composer Paul Glass in creating filmscores for Universal and Metromedia Studios. Bond became an Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1978, and in 1986 was invited to conduct the Houston Symphony for the premiere of her work Ringing.
She has served as artistic director of the Belorussian Canto Opera Company in New York, music director and conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the Southwest Virginia Opera, the Harrisburg Opera and the New Amsterdam Symphony. She also composed the opera " President" about Victoria Woodhull, which premiered in 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Board of directors American Music Center. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (awards l975-), American Symphony Orchestra League, American Federation Musicians, Condrs. Guild (board directors since 1994), International Alliance Women in Music, New York Women Composers, Conductor's Guild (board directors since 1994), Mu Phi Epsilon.
Married Stephan Peskin, January 27, 1974.