Biography

Victoria Theodore

Victoria Theodore received her Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Classical Piano Performance and Computer Music from Oberlin College / Conservatory of Music (where she studied piano with Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein), and her Master of Arts degree in Classical Piano Performance from Stanford University (where she studied piano with George Barth and vocal accompaniment with Judith Bettina). During these years, Victoria also studied Jazz Piano with Mark Levine, Bill Bell and Frank Martin.

While studying for her MA, Victoria performed with several San Francisco Bay Area ensembles and bands, including The Peninsula Symphony, Theatreworks, Hayward Little Theater, Oakland Youth Chorus, and jazz bands Victoria Theodore Quintet, Time Will Tell Sextet, LMNOP and 10BassT. Shortly after graduation from Stanford, Victoria toured nationally as a keyboardist for Captiol Records artists Oaktown 357 - produced by MC Hammer.

After Oaktown 357’s tour ended, Victoria moved to New York City to run a multimedia company. In 2000, Victoria returned to the Bay Area after several years running her company, GlobalDisc.com – a very successful venture which is still a market leader in same day media duplication.

Beginning in August, 2007, Victoria was hired to tour with with legendary musical genius Stevie Wonder playing keyboards and singing background vocals. She completed the 2007 Wonder Summer's Night and Wonder Autumn's Night Tours and looks forward to more touring with Stevie!

Victoria is a highly sought Bay Area pianist, keyboardist and accompanist, respected for her wide ranging musical versatility. Victoria resides in San Leandro, CA, and teaches students from her home when she’s not performing with various R&B, jazz, gospel, pop and classical artists.

Victoria has performed with and/or accompanied the following:

Major tours:

• Stevie Wonder
  Wonder's Summer's Night Tour (2007)
  Wonder Autumn's Night Tour (2007)
  The band (including Victoria) also accompanied the following guest artists:
  Tony Bennett, Prince (Madison Square Garden)
  John Mayer, John Legend (Nokia Center, LA)
  India Arie (Phillips Arena, Atlanta)
  Tyrese (Bell Center, Montreal)
  Glenn Lewis (Air Canada Centre, Toronto)
• Menlo Park Presbyterian Chancel Choir
  Music in Austria Tour (2007)
• Oaktown 357

Orchestral, Opera and Musical Theater:

• Oakland East Bay Symphony
  Michael Morgan, Conductor
• Teatro ZinZanni
• Oakland Opera Theater
  Deirdre McClure, Conductor
  Susan Swerdlow, Conductor

Choral accompanying:

• UC Berkeley University Chorus
  Marika Kuzma, Conductor
• Prelude Chorus of the Young Musician's Program
  U. C. Berkeley
• Oakland Youth Chorus
  La Nell Martin, Director
• Anything Goes Chorus
  Ellen Robinson, Conductor

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