Gracie Kristine Benham

Gracie Benham is a violinist , fiddler, mandolin player and singer in Redding, California. She started playing violin in the 4th grade at Bonnyview Elementary School. In Junior high was the concert master for Sequoia Middle School and the concert master for Shasta High School.  She is currently a member of the Shasta Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in the North State Symphony Side by Side concert for 6 years and has competed in the Shasta Symphony, Paradise Symphony, and the North State Symphony competitions.  In 2024, she Young Artist of the Year for Shasta Symphony.  She has competed in nation wide fiddle competitions, including the Western Open Fiddle Competition, the Nevada State Fiddle Competition, and the Weiser Idaho National Fiddle

Competition. She won the Oklahoma State Adult Fiddle division in 2024 and the California State Adult Fiddle competition.  Gracie is on the  board  for California State Old Time State Fiddle

Association and is the fiddler and singer for the Mountain Messengers Bluegrass Band and B- Strings

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 Redding Performing Arts Center.  She was an aide for middle school orchestra and has taught multiple orchestra and strings classes .  She busks locally around her area.