Ms. Ann Victor
SMS Orchestra Director

Ms. Ann Victor is currently the Orchestra Director at Sartartia Middle School. She has served in this capacity since the school opened in August of 2001. While at Sartartia, Ms. Victor’s orchestra has been ranked in the top six orchestras in the Texas Honor Orchestra Competition, has continuously received University Interscholastic League (UIL) “Sweepstakes Awards,” has averaged 29 students each year performing in the Texas Music Educators Association Region XVII orchestras, has performed in 2002 at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Ill., in February of 2005, received first place in the Middle School Orchestra Division of the American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association National Conference. Most recently, the Orchestra was honored to perform in China in June of 2006, through the Chinese American Cultural Bridge Center.

Before joining the SMS faculty, Ms. Victor was the Orchestra Director for four years at Macario Garcia Middle School (MGMS), also in Fort Bend ISD, during which time, the MGMS Symphony Orchestra won many awards and accolades, including the orchestra’s 1998 performance at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Ill; a performance at The International String Workshop in Graz, Austria in 2000, numerous successive U.I.L. “Sweepstakes Awards,” and three consecutive rankings in the top five orchestras in the Texas Honor Orchestra Competition.

Ms.Victor previously served as Orchestra Director at Albright Middle School, in Alief, Texas; at Baytown Junior High School, in Baytown, Texas; and, at Bowie Junior High School, in Odessa, Texas. She was also a Cello/ Bass Instructor at Lamar University, in Beaumont, Texas. Ms. Victor graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy, in Interlochen, Michigan, earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Performance from Kent State University in Ohio, and completed coursework towards the DMA in Cello Performance from The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, studying under Phyllis Young. While at UT, Ms. Victor served as Administrative Coordinator in the “University of Texas String Project” under the direction of Ms. Young. Other previous cello teachers include: Alan Collins, Stephen Stalker and Moshe Amitay.

Ms. Victor is a member of the American String Teachers Association, Texas Music Directors Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Texas Classroom Teachers Association, The National Musicians’ Union and Music Teachers National Association. She serves as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the state of Texas. Ms. Victor is currently in her eighth year as co-conductor of the String Orchestra of the Houston Youth Symphony, one of the largest non-profit youth symphonies in the United States.