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Author, cellist and teacher who attended Juilliard and went on to join the Houston Symphony before emigrating to L.A. where he discovered the joys of session work. He worked on movie soundtracks such as Electric Dreams and Faces and recorded on such diverse albums as Peter Allen's Taught By Experts, American Jazz Philharmonic, Ronnie Laws' Fever, Randy Newman's eponymous debut, Frank Sinatras Trilogy, and Donna Summer's Live and More. He also found time to hone his classical cello as a member of the Coriolan String Quartet. Victor has been President of the California American String Teachers Association, having taught at Long Beach's California State University for over two decades, and Artistic Director for CASTA's Summer Institute of Chamber Music. He also helped found the Los Angeles Violoncello Society, and serves as a coach for the Young Musicians Foundation Chamber Music Series. In 2008, Victor won the American String Teachers Association's Distinguished Service Award. He has written a pair of books, Musical Puzzles of Note and New Directions in Cello Playing: How to Make Cello Playing Easier and Play Without Pain.

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