Grace Park is a dynamic violinist, dedicated chamber musician, and passionate pedagogue. Her diverse career has carried her from the world’s foremost concert halls to inner city schools as a soloist, collaborator, coach, and multi-disciplinary educator. As part of a residence of Academy Carnegie Juilliard Weill (ACJW) program, Ms. Park pairs her musicianship with a fervent commitment to community engagement.
As a soloist, Ms. Park has been the featured artist at The Kennedy Center, Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Jordan Hall in Boston, Carnegie Hall in New York, The Grace Rainey Auditorium in the Metropolitan Museum, The Rudolfinum in Prague, and Glinka Hall in St. Petersburg. While pursuing her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried, Ms. Park achieved the honor of sweeping both of the conservatory’s concerto competitions in the same year.
A devoted chamber musician, Ms. Park has performed with a variety of ensembles around the world and has led chamber orchestras from the principal chair. Ms.Park has performed the world premieres of emerging composers Samuel Carl Adams and Andy Akiho in the 2013-14 season. She has also been recognized for her work in the Vitas Quartet, her chamber collaborations at Trinity Wall Street’s “Concerts at One”, collaboration with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and her many performances at prestigious venues such as the Yellow Barn Music Festival, Music@Menlo, IMS Prussia Cove and the Perlman Music Program’s Chamber Music Workshop.
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