Gracie Kristine Benham

Gracie started her violin busking business of Sundial Strings 5 years ago.  She mostly plays down at the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California but does play at church services and small community events.  She is classical trained and is a member of two local orchestras:  Shasta Symphony and Shasta College Concert Orchestra.  She also plays with a BlueGrass Band / Mountain Messengers.  She teaches a beginner orchestra and violin class for The Learning Connection Co-Op in Redding, CA.  She currently has 4 music instructors.  In 2021, she started to complete in fiddle competitions and in October 2022, she placed 4th in the Junior Fiddle Division at the Red Bluff Western Open.  She will graduate high school in June 2024 and will go on to get a music degree.  In her down time she teaches private lessons and practices mandolin, double bass, and piano.  In September 2022, she started going to NorthState Ukulele club where she found she LOVES playing and singing the ukulele.