Dr. Grace Ju-Yeon Wang - Flute
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Praised by the Journal of Music as “remarkably elegant...sensitive and brilliant” flutist Grace Ju -Yeon Wang enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. Having performed worldwide across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America, she has performed on stages including Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Carnegie Hall and multiple appearances at the Kennedy Center.
Grace is a prize winner of the American Protégé International Flute Competition, Rochester Flute Association Competition, Baltimore Music Club Competition, and South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition. She was selected as a semi-finalist for Astral Artists National Auditions and the Concert Artist Guild Victor Elmaleh Competitions.
As founder and flutist of Daraja Ensemble, she has made appearances at the Riverdale Mansion, Washington Arts Club, Amadeus Concert Series, and many more. The Quintet held the Fellowship Quintet Residency at the University of Maryland from 2015-2017 and was a finalist for the International Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition. In 2016, the quintet traveled to Tanzania, Africa to start a new music education program for the schools in the sugar plantation area.
As a chamber musician she has performed nationwide as a member of the TIMF Ensemble and Lunar Ensemble and was invited to premiere Daniel Thomas Davis’s piece “Book of the Lake” commissioned by the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
She has studied with Marina Piccinini for her Master’s and Graduate Performance Degree at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Seoul National University. Currently she is pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Maryland under the tutelage of Sarah Frisof.
As a passionate educator of solo and chamber music, Grace has given masterclasses throughout the US and Asia, and serves as faculty member at DeMatha Catholic High School, Honors College Prep and Woodbridge Music Institute.