Grace Youn

A native of Tacoma, Washington, Grace began violin studies at age 7. She earned her Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree in Performance from the University of Texas – Austin, and her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the University of Puget Sound. Her primary teachers include Brian Lewis and Maria Sampen.

Her performing engagements have taken her across the United States, with performances in Seattle/Tacoma, Denver, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Honolulu, Chicago, Formula 1, and South by Southwest. She has performed with Conspirare, the Balcones Community Orchestra, Montecito International Music Festival Orchestra, Austin Civic Orchestra, the University of Puget Sound Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, and the Tacoma Youth Symphony. Grace was a prize winner in the Texas Rising Stars Competition, the Beatrice Hermann Young Artist Competition, the International Rockin’ Fiddle Challenge, and the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition.

Grace is on faculty at the Austin Suzuki Music School and Huston-Tillotson University. In addition to performing and teaching, Grace works and collaborates with artists and producers, composing and arranging string parts for recordings and live performances.