Gracie Potter is currently Acting Principal Trombone for the Richmond Symphony. She recently graduated from The Colburn School with her Bachelors Degree in Trombone Performance studying with David Rejano and recently made her Solo Debut with the Whittier Regional Symphony. She has performed with several orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, LA Phil, The Phoenix Symphony, and the London Symphony Orchestra. She won the 2024 ITA Frank Smith Competition as well as the Whittier Regional Symphony Young Artists Competition. Gracie was a winner in the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle’s Frances Walton Competition where she performed live on KING-FM Radio and toured the State of Washington with her twin brother, Caden Potter accompanying her. She also won the ITA Robert Marsteller Competition and in 2022, she attended Music Academy in Santa Barbara, winning the Keston MAX Competition which sent her to London for a 10 day residency with the LSO. The same year she placed first in the International Women’s Brass Conference Trombone Category and won the Phoenix Brass Collective competition. She has attended numerous world class festivals such as NYO, Music Academy, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, and Aspen Music Festival where she was the recipient of the New Horizons Fellowship and won their Concerto Competition. For the past two summers, she has attended the Tanglewood Music Center where she has worked with the Boston Symphony Members. In her free time, Gracie enjoys traveling, trying new foods, playing pickleball, and playing card/board games with her family.