Gracie Terzian

[1] She is a native of the Washington, D.C. area, and frequently returns there to work and perform.

[4] During her second year at the University of Virginia, she played the title role in a production of Evita at the drama department.

[1] In 2011, she received a grant from the Undergraduate Award for Arts Projects program to study aerial acrobatics in New York City and was named an Atlantic Coast Conference International Academic Collaborative Fellow in Creativity and Innovation.

"[8] Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, wrote "Don't let the cool, sophisticated surface of Saints and Poets fool you: Gracie Terzian is a deep-dyed romantic who tells her tales of modern love with quiet delicacy and an inborn musicality that's impossible to overlook.

She plays jazz ukulele with a unique tuning, which she has stated makes it "easier to find jazz harmonies in close proximity to one another on the fretboard.