Grace’s principal teachers are Donna Shin, Karla Flygare, and Ninee Petchprapa Wolff. She was a finalist in the 2022 University of Puget Sound Concerto-Aria Competition and a 2023 Concerto-Aria Competition runner-up.
As a soloist, she appeared with the Tacoma Music Collaborative Orchestra, playing Mozart’s Concerto in G Major, and with the University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, performing David Maslanka’s Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble.
She is the recipient of the Doc and Lucille Weathers Memorial Scholarship, James R. Slater Excellence in Music Award, and the Delwen and Genevieve Jones Scholarship at the University of Puget Sound, as well as the Gustafson, Marsh, and Reynolds Music Scholarships at the University of Washington.
She has spent her summers with the Marrowstone Music Festival, the National Flute Association Collegiate Flute Choir, ARIA International Summer Academy, the Bonita Boyd International Flute Masterclass, Madeline Island Chamber Winds Festival, and the Sewanee Summer Music Festival.
She has taken lessons with Zart Dombourian-Eby, Jeffrey Barker, Evan Pegra Sult, Tara Helen O’Connor, Aaron Goldman, Jonathan Keeble, and Bonita Boyd.
Grace spent a semester abroad in Vienna, Austria, studying at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Vienna.
Grace holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Policy and Decision Making and is an active member of the University of Washington Music History Department. Outside of her musical pursuits, Grace enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, reading, coloring, trail running, and hiking with her dog, Koa.
“Grace can play anything.”