About

Music has been a central part of Grace’s lifelong passion, throughout her education and career. After having studied piano since age 6, on her first day of middle school orchestra, she was handled a “huge” instrument, a cello. This began her a lifelong love of the cello and orchestral music. Further, she accredits her many years of playing in church settings for giving her a creative entry to ear training, composing, and improvising – since often, she wasn’t given the music. 

After completing double degrees in music, Grace taught in various educational settings early in her career – from teaching piano at Vanguard University and at OC School of the Arts, an acclaimed arts magnet school. However, her many years teaching from her private studio has been her sweet spot, because of the relational, individual interaction with students. 

After witnessing numerous students struggle with note recognition, she saw the shortcomings of existing materials as well as the limitations of students’ sight reading practice on their own. Soon after a move to Silicon Valley, she was inspired to start a “passion project” with this goal: to create a simple, pedagogically sound app that trains music and note reading with intervals. As an indie app founder, now she’s obsessed with making it better while reviving her composing muscles again. Grace is married, now living in Southern California with two fun kids at home who are also her main beta testers.