Victoria Parker

Victoria Parker began studying the violin at age two-and-a-half with her mother, Sharyn Peterson. Born into a musical family, she grew up performing and touring with her family quintet. Victoria holds a B.M. from Western Michigan University and a M.M. from Manhattan School of Music. She has been a featured soloist with One World Symphony, Las Vegas Music Festival Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Starry Night Chamber Orchestra, Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, and Philharmonia Northwest, with whom she premiered a violin concerto composed by Roupen Shakarian. Victoria and her husband Robert collaborate as the Parker Duo and are co-founders of multi media project Helix Series in New York City. They perform with the band Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground and can be heard on that band’s albums. Currently a resident of Seattle, she substitutes regularly with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera and records frequently for The House of Breaking Glass studio as well as for many motion picture soundtracks. In her free time, Victoria explores local parks, museums, and coffee shops, collaborates with friends, and collects shiny objects.