As a chamber musician, orchestral player, and soloist, Grace enjoys performing in various settings. She is also passionate about coaching, mentoring, and teaching.

Grace is a Graduate Diploma in Performance Student at McGill University Schulich School of Music (grad ant. 2027). She recently completed her graduate degree (M.Mus. Performance, May 2026) at University of British Columbia School of Music, with a focus in collaborative performance and advanced violin pedagogy. Grace completed her undergraduate degree (B.M. Performance, May 2023) at St. Olaf College.

View upcoming performance and events and read more in her Full Biography.

Artistic collaboration is a focal point of Grace's career, through creative projects intersecting interdisciplinary fields. Her goal is to create innovative and fun experiences for audiences of all ages.

She currently performs regularly with Will Rand (piano), Raphael Balk Zimmerman (clarinet), Gabrielle Gagnon-Picard (piano), among others, in recital and as part of interdisciplinary projects in a variety of conventional and unconventional performance settings.

Check out her commission project Resilience Sounds!

Grace is the Founder and Artistic Director of Knapweed Performing Arts Festival in Plains, MT. A performance-based arts and music festival where musicians participate in studying and performing solo and chamber music in the rural areas of northwestern Montana, while also connecting with and learning more about the nature and conservation practices of the Rocky Mountains of North America.

While in her undergraduate degree, Grace co-founded Synergy Musicians' Collective, a student-led instrumental collective serving performers, composers, and conductors at St. Olaf College. During her time as Co-Artistic Director, the group presented five distinct projects/concerts to the Southeastern Minnesota area. Each concert was thoughtfully curated by a team of students and advisors, bringing together multiple academic areas of St. Olaf in interdisciplinary collaboration. Examples of these aspects in concerts included live dance interpretation to music, live art created, audience participation in live composition/improvisation, spoken work/poetry, and more.

Grace’s teaching approach prioritizes the development of both technical skills and musicality as a core to being a well-rounded musician at any age! She has experience and is passionate about coaching young musicians in chamber music settings and orchestral clinics.

By focusing on proper set-up, healthy physical + practice habits, and solid technique, Grace aims to create a nurturing learning atmosphere where students can thrive and learn to enjoy playing + performing.

To inquire about availability for teaching or coaching, please visit her private teaching page or contact page.

From musical leadership contributions starting at St. Olaf College, Grace is developing arts administration and project development skills in work with various musical and arts non-profit organizations.

Her skills include artistic planning, grant writing, event and concert curation, festival student recruitment, budget management, contract writing, and more. She currently works with Allegra Chamber Orchestra, EarthStory, Við Djúpið Music Festival, International Cello Institute, and the FilAm Music Foundation.

The people that surround Grace give her inspiration. Capturing their emotions and artistic personality through portrait photography allows both Grace and the subject to find environments where there can be experimentation and comfort, while creating images that feel like them.

Having a background in 35mm and 120mm film development, Grace has also been captured by the power of light and dark. Through landscape and architectural photography, she continues examining spaces through this lens. View some of her favorites in her photo portfolio.

From Grace’s familial background in forest health, conservation, and habitat management, she continues to work seasonally to protect existing and emerging tree species, strives to ensure safe wildlife habitats, and to sustain ethical forest conservation practices alongside her family on her tree farm / protected forest land in Northwest Montana, U.S.A. She is a registered member of the American Tree Farm Association (ATFA). Three River Ranches has continued to serve as a model of proper forest management through ATFA, certified for over 30 years.