Grace Wang, flute
Praised by the Journal of Music as a remarkably brilliant and elegant flutist, Dr. Grace 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 major stages including the Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Kumho Art Hall, Musikschule Mannheim, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and multiple appearances at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.
Wang has appeared as a soloist with the Seoul National University Symphony Orchestra and the Koreanishe Flute Orchestra, and is the top prize winner of the Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition, American Protégé International Flute Competition, Rochester Flute Association Young Artist Competition, Baltimore Music Club Competition, Golden Classical International Music Awards Competition, and the Daily Choson Music Competition. She has been selected as a finalist for the Myrna W. Brown and Byron Hester Competition, and was also a semi finalist for the Astral Artist National Auditions and the Concert Artist Guild Victor Elmaleh Competitions. She has been appointed a rising young artist by the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, and has been invited to perform at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Amadeus Concert Series, Riversdale Mansion Concert Series, Washington Arts Club, Fairhaven Concert Series, and many more.
An avid chamber musician, she is founder and flutist of Daraja Ensemble, which held the Fellowship Woodwind Quintet Residency at the University of Maryland from 2015-2017. The Ensemble has been featured on Maryland's Classical Radio Station WBJC, and has made television appearances on ABC and CBS networks.
Passionate about engaging communities with the power of music, Wang traveled to Tanzania with Daraja Ensemble in 2016 for a 5 week tour, performing in the major cities in the north eastern side of Tanzania. During this tour, she also started a general music program for the students from K-4 through K-12 in the community of the TPC (Tanzania Plantation Company) sugar mill area.
As a dedicated pedagogue, Wang is currently the flute faculty at European Academy of Arts and OPUS Community Music School. She has also served as a faculty member at the George Mason University Flute Academy, and has been invited to give master classes and workshops at Penn State University, California State University, Christopher Newport University, Skidmore College, and Peabody Conservatory.
Dr. Grace Wang has recently received her Doctorate at the University of Maryland under the tutelage of Dr. Sarah Frisof and Aaron Goldman completing a dissertation project commissioning and performing new flute works by East-Asian female composers. She has studied with Marina Piccinini for her Master’s Degree at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, and Hyeri Yoon for her Bachelor and Master’s Degree at Seoul National University.
