Grace Hale's arrangement of Sierra Hull's "Sunday" appeared in a "Bluegrass Meets Klezmer"-themed concert with the Portland Chamber Orchestra and the Walla Walla Symphony. Her composition professor, Ofer Ben-Amots, and banjo player Keith Reed were also apart of the concert. Photographer Carl LaCasse In an interview with Miriam Brown: MIRIAM BROWN: "How did you come to collaborate with Sierra Hull? What were Keith and Ofer's roles in all of this?" GRACE HALE: "Sierra and I met

Grace Hale won first place in the 2018 Colorado Collegiate Composition Competition with her piece "Rhapsody on a Cityscape" for British Brass Band. From the program notes: (Cover art by Wayan Buschman) "Rhapsody on a Cityscape was written for the 2018 Rocky Mountain Brassworks Composer Competition in celebration of the promotion of new British Brass Band music. One of three British Brass Bands left in Colorado, Rocky Mountain Brassworks has contributed to the British Brass Ba