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North State Symphony NSS
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2024 Events
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  • Sponsor / Donate
  • Founders of BKMP
  • The B-Strings - MORE Info
  • Musicians
  • Sundial Strings
  • CSOTFA (N.State Fiddlers)
  • Mountain Messengers
  • Shasta College Beg String
  • Shasta College Youth Orch
  • Shasta Symphony
  • North State Symphony NSS
  • Contact
  • 2024 Events
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Gracie Kristine Benham

Sundial Strings

Gracie Benham is a violinist and fiddler in Redding, California. She started playing violin

in the 4th grade at Bonnyview Elementary School. She then moved on to play at Sequoia

Middle School and dedicated a year and a half to the music program at Shasta High School.

She is currently the concertmaster for the Shasta College Concert Orchestra and Chamber

Strings, and she is also a member of the Shasta Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in

the North State Symphony Side by Side concert for 4 years and has competed in the Shasta

Symphony, Paradise Symphony, and the North State Symphony competitions.

She has also competed in various fiddle competitions, including the Western Open Fiddle

Competition, the Nevada State Fiddle Competition, and the Weiser Idaho National Fiddle

Competition. Gracie is a board member for the District 6 California State Old Time State Fiddle

Association and is the fiddler and singer for the Mountain Messengers Bluegrass Band.

She is one of nine kids in her family, five of which belong to a band called the B-Strings. They

play gigs locally and also travel around to different competitions and bluegrass festivals. Gracie

is a private lesson teacher at The Brass Reed music store and she is also a teacher’s aide at

Sequoia Middle School. She has taught multiple orchestra and strings classes and busks locally

around her area.

Tehema County Gig 9-2024

Gracie's High SChool Graduation May 17th, 2024

    Celtic Faire April 6, 2024 Lake Redding Park Redding, CA

      Meet Gracie

      Classical Violinist

      Private Lesson Teacher

      Private Lesson Teacher

      Gracie plays in three orchestras

      Private Lesson Teacher

      Private Lesson Teacher

      Private Lesson Teacher

      Lessons in classical violin, fiddle, and ukulele

      Fiddler

      Private Lesson Teacher

      Fiddler

      2023 5th place Grand Champion in Nevada State Fiddle Competition

      Mandolin Player

      Mountain Messengers

      Mandolin Player

      Busker

      Mountain Messengers

      Mandolin Player

      Sundial Strings


      The B-Strings

      Mountain Messengers

      Mountain Messengers

      Plays with her siblings in their band The B-Strings

      Mountain Messengers

      Mountain Messengers

      Mountain Messengers

      Blue Grass Band

      Fiddler


      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      2024

      Concert Master

      Shasta Symphony

      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      2024 Violinist


      1 of 9 children

      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      1 of 9 children

      She is #4 of nine children

      For Hire

      Shasta College Concert Orchestra

      1 of 9 children

      Plays for community events / gig 

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