Kealia Grace

cellist/pianist/singer, 17 🤍🎶
PMAY artist || Philadelphia Youth Orchestra cellist 

Kealia Grace is a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and the cellist in Settlement Music School’s Advanced Study Snitzer String Quartet. She is a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist and was recently a featured soloist with the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra as the winner of their concerto competition. Kealia is a 2025 recipient of the Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts Springboard Grant, the Union League of Philadelphia and Founding Forward Good Citizenship Award.
Kealia also studies piano with Diane Goldsmith. She has performed in numerous master classes with cellists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Tommy Mesa, Hans Jørgen Jensen, Yumi Kendall, Sterling Elliott, and Amit Peled. Kealia has attended various summer intensives including the Heifetz International Music Institute and the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.