Violinist Sarah Grimes

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About: Violinist Sarah Grimes joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 2016, where she is a member of the first violin section. She performed as a full-time guest musician with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2015-16, and as a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in 2014. Raised in the Twin Cities, Sarah began studying the violin at the age of four. She received a bachelor of music degree from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, where she was concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra and worked as a freelance musician in the greater Chicago area. Sarah has appeared as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra and with the Minnesota Sinfonia. An active chamber musician in the Twin Cities, she has recently been featured in the Minnesota Orchestra Chamber Series, Liquid Music Series, the SPCO Chamber Music Series, Outpost, Bakken Trio, The Musical Offering, and at festivals around the world including Kneisel Hall Chamber Music, Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills, Lakes Area Music Festival, and Astona International. Her principal teachers include Sarah Kwak and Almita Vamos.