Victoria's vast teaching experience of over 20 years, both in the UK and abroad, encompasses individual students of all ages and levels, small groups, ensembles and orchestral coaching. She currently teaches at Kent College Junior School and Folkestone Girls Grammar, as well as online from her home studio in Canterbury. Previous posts include: Croydon High School, Forest School, Berkshire Maestros, Southwark Music Service, Barking and Dagenham Music Service, Blackheath High School, Prendergast School and Bexley Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Her outreach work includes the Savannah Quartet coaching youth and amateur ensembles throughout Trinidad and Tobago, Live Action Opera, Anghiari Quartet and education performance workshops with the Bournemouth Symphony, Guildford Philharmonic and Sinfonia ViVa. As a performer Victoria has had a very diverse career, working as a freelance chamber and orchestral player throughout the UK and abroad. Her orchestral work as principal cello includes a trial with English Sinfonia, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, London Soloist Chamber Orchestra, Co-Opera Ireland and Sinfonia ViVa. She also performed regularly with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and appeared with the RLPO, English National Ballet and Rambert Dance Compan. Her West End appearances including depping on Guys and Dolls and The Sound of Music. As well as running the Online String School, Victoria also runs Weddington Strings, a wedding and events entertainment outfit. https://weddingtonstrings.com/
Victoria studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music studying with Hannah Roberts, Margaret Moncrieff and Steven Doane.
