Mary Garcia Grant
B.M. Rice University
M.M. Queens College of the City of New York

Member of the Orchestra Since 1989

Mary Grant received her undergraduate degree in violin performance from Rice University, where she studied with Raphael Fliegel. She received a master's degree from Queens College-City University of New York, where she studied with Ruth Waterman and Ani Kavafian. While in New York City, she played with the National Orchestral Association, a training orchestra for young musicians. She also studied baroque violin with Nancy Wilson. She has played with the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra in Europe and the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. She has been a violinist with the Kansas City Symphony since 1989 and is a founding member of Summerfest. She is currently one of Summerfest's Artistic Advisors. She, her husband Jim, and two cats live in Stilwell, Kansas.