Arts Magnet was also stomping grounds for musical colleagues Erykah Badu, Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones and Edie Brickell.

She received scholarships in music to Kansas University & Bishop College in Dallas, Texas, where she continued her studies, until deciding she'd rather learn by doing.

After seeing her sing with Ayers at the upper west side's Mikell's, Chaka Khan asked Sandra to join her touring outfit, and help her find & audition the new background singer unit.

In 1986, Sandra was introduced to Peter Lord and Jeffrey Smith via Lisa Fischer at a Luther Vandross concert in Dallas, Texas, where she was visiting family.

[1] Their three distinct musical backgrounds, classical, soul, pop, rock, jazz, melded together in the studio creating something exciting enough for them to want to record as a team.

[3] "I'll Never Open My Legs Again" used by Chaka Khan on her Come 2 My House CD retitled, "I'll Never B Another Fool", "Whatever You Want" used by Tina Turner, and "Love Is", also used by Prince for an unreleased band under his production.

During the Family Stand years, St. Victor's also wrote for Paula Abdul, with bandmates Peter Lord and V. Jeffrey Smith.

After a mini hiatus to restart her Daughters of Soul project, Ms. St. Victor returned to the studio in 2015 with mega producer Mark Batson to work on her next long play album, expected in 2016 -17.