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Victoria Paterson is a violinist in great demand for her musicality and diversity. She plays with the American Modern Ensemble, Pocket Opera Players, Sirius String Quartet and the Brooklyn-based SEM ensemble. Equally comfortable with both classical and pop music, she recently completed a tour with the Barbra Streisand Orchestra throughout the United States and Europe. Recent engagements include Concertmaster for If You're Irish and The Irish Tenors and Associate Concertmaster with Frank Sinatra Jr, Donna Summer and Barry Manilow. Victoria has performed with such stars as K.D. Lang, Elvis Costello, Sarah Brightman, Harry Connick Jr., Clay Aiken, Graham Colton, YES, The Moody Blues, Dead Can Dance, and the Trans-Syberian Orchestra. She has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall, Birdland and Madison Square Garden to Late Night with David Letterman and The Today Show, performing for luminaries ranging from Hilary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi to P. Diddy, Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez.
Victoria's Broadway credits include The Addams Family (Concertmaster),West Side Story, Wicked, Cabaret, Beauty & the Beast, South Pacific and Sweet Charity, and Off-Broadway shows I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and The Thing about Men. Her national Broadway productions include Fiddler on the Roof, Ragtime, Titanic, Sunset Boulevard, My Fair Lady and West Side Story.