Gracie Potter

About Gracie

Gracie Potter is the Principal Trombone of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra after previously serving as the Acting Principal Trombone for the Richmond Symphony.

She has had the privilege of performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, LA Phil, San Francisco Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and the London Symphony Orchestra.

She has performed as a soloist with the Whittier Regional Symphony and will be a guest artist at the American Trombone Workshop and the Interlochen Low Brass Intensive this year.

Potter won both the Frank Smith and Robert Marsteller Competitions through the International Trombone Festival. She won 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. While attending Music Academy in Santa Barbara, Potter won the Keston MAX Competition, sending her to London for a 10-day residency with the LSO. She won Aspen’s Concerto Competition and performed with the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra and spent the last two summers as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.

Potter was born in Arizona and attended the Colburn School, graduating with her Bachelors Degree in Trombone Performance, where she studied with David Rejano.