Anthony Antolini was appointed Artistic Director of Down East Singers in 1991. He graduated from Bowdoin College and holds graduate degrees from Stanford University. He is a member of the music faculty at Bowdoin College, where he conducts the Bowdoin Chorus and teaches music theory. His specialty is Russian choral music.
 
In 1988 Antolini published the first modern, bilingual edition of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. His award-winning television documentary on this subject, "Rediscovering Rachmaninoff," has been broadcast on public television nationally. His editions of choral music are published by E.C. Schirmer and Paraclete Press. He is currently at work on a new bilingual performance edition of Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces/Svàdebka/The Village Wedding to be published by E.C. Schirmer.
 
In 1999 Antolini was a featured speaker at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and in 2000 at the ACDA convention in Baltimore. He was elected Conductor of the Year by the Maine Chapter of ACDA for the 1999-2000 season. In February 2008 he was a featured speaker at the Eastern Division Convention of the ACDA, where he presented a lecture entitled “Greek-American Choral Repertoire: An Undiscovered Treasure.”  
Antolini is also music director at the Episcopal Church of St. John Baptist in Thomaston.