Jennifer Grim

Hailed by the New York Times as “a deft, smooth flute soloist,” Jennifer Grim has performed across the United States as an active solo and chamber musician of both the classic literature and contemporary music. A recent first prize winner in several national chamber music competitions, Ms. Grim has performed with such groups as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. She is the flutist in the award winning ensemble, the Zéphyros Winds, a woodwind quintet based in New York. With Zéphyros, she has performed at prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC and Da Camera of Los Angeles. She is the principal flutist of the Vermont Mozart Festival and has appeared at the Aspen and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals. As a soloist, she has been featured numerous times at the Vermont Mozart Festival, performing all of the Mozart flute concerti and quartets.

In addition to the standard repertoire, Ms. Grim is a strong advocate of contemporary music. She has performed with some of the leading contemporary groups in New York City, including Speculum Musicae, Ensemble Sospeso, ensemble 21 and the American Festival of Microtonal Music. She is a founding member of the award-winning contemporary ensemble Proteus, which performed a sold-out New York debut concert at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and received top prizes at the Chamber Music Yellow Springs and Fischoff National Chamber Music competitions. She is also a member of FIREWORKS New Music Ensemble, a rock-based chamber group whose recent performances included Weill Recital Hall and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Highlights of recent seasons included a series of all-French solo recital programs at Yale University and Saint Francis College, and concerto performances in Washington DC, and Los Angeles. Upcoming concerts include chamber performances at Lincoln Center, a concert of Bach’s Brandenburg concerti in Philadelphia, and solo recitals in New York and Pennsylvania.

A native of Berkeley, California, Ms. Grim attended Stanford University, earning two Bachelor of Arts degrees. She went on to study with Ransom Wilson at the Yale School of Music, receiving several honors and awards. At Yale, she earned her Master of Music and Master of Musical Arts degrees, and recently graduated with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Ms. Grim is currently professor of flute at The University of Las Vegas.