Grammy Award Winner Victor Vanacore has been at the nexus of popular music for the past 25 years. Vanacore has studied orchestration with Dr. Albert Harris, Sidney Fine, Earle Hagen, William Maloof and Herb Pomeroy and attended conducting master classes with Jeronimus Kacinskas, former Musical Director of the Vilnius Philharmonic in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1974, Vanacore moved to Los Angeles where he joined the Jackson Five as a keyboardist and musical arranger. A year later the band's conductor had an emergency; Vanacore was asked to fill in, and after his performance that night, he became the Jackson's permanent conductor and arranger.

Vanacore's star rose, and after the end of the Jackson Five tour, he signed with the Fifth Dimension, serving as conductor and arranger for two years. Johnny Mathis heard of Vanacore's talent, and hired him as the Musical Director for his world tour. This musical relationship also lasted for two years. He then joined Barry Manilow for six years in the same capacity, and received six album credits, including "If I Should Love Again," "Barry Live in Britain," "Barry," and "The Greatest Hits."

Victor Vanacore valued a close ongoing relationship with the musical icon Ray Charles, whom he met in 1990, until Charles’ passing in 2004. Vanacore served as Musical Director, Arranger, and Opening Act for Mr. Charles. Ray Charles’ only platinum CD entitled, “Genius Loves Company” features Victor Vanacore’s 80 piece Grammy Award winning orchestral arrangements.

In addition to his musical associations with Celebrity vocalists, Vanacore enjoys a career as a Pops Conductor with symphony orchestras worldwide. His recent appearance as conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl garnered broad critical acclaim.

Recently, Victor has been working as a composer in conjunction with his brother David on the critically acclaimed hit CBS show “Survivor.” In addition he is composing music for Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" and his arrangements were also heard on the 2005 Academy Awards show assisting his good friend Bill Conti. Vanacore also arranges music for American Idol. Vanacore collaborated in 2005 with Producer Phil Ramone arranging arias and special crossover material for Italian tenor Alessandro Safina and J Records for Executive Producer Clive Davis.

Most recently in 2006 Victor Vanacore composed arrangements for the new Symphony Orchestra CD of saxophonist Dave Koz. In addition he arranged new material for the recent album of soul legend Teena Marie. In 2007 at the request of Maestro Placido Domingo Vanacore composed original neoclassical music based on the texts of Pope John Paul II.

Recent symphonic commissions by Vanacore include “Detroit Soul” commissioned by the Detroit Symphony featuring Motown themes and “America Then And Now” for New Jersey Public Television Network and "Spain Meets Birdland" for the Berklee College of Music 60th anniversary. In 2008 Victor arranged the centerpiece arrangement of How Do You Keep The Music Playing for Natalie Cole's new CD.

Victor A. Vanacore is a member of ASCAP, AFTRA, the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, The Society of Composers and Lyricists and the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers.