Grace Eunhye Hong is a current candidate for a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the UMKC Conservatory where she studies with pianist Alon Goldstein as a full scholarship and doctoral graduate teaching assistant fellowship recipient. A native of South Korea, she attended the Kyeong-gi Arts High School and completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Dong-duk Women’s University in Seoul. Following that, she studied Master of Church Music at Hope International University under Dr. Kookhee Hong and she earned her Master of Music degree in piano performance under Dr. Shun-Lin Chou on a full scholarship at Bob Cole Conservatory, CSULB.
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In particular, She gained stage experience in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring while performing as accompanist for the UMKC Opera. Moreover, She has performed in a duo-piano benefit concert for the Long Beach Arts Council and the BCCM Showcase concerts at Richard & Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center.
Grace is currently in demand as a collaborator with numerous musicians, working as a staff accompanist for Voice department at California State University Long Beach, and belongs to Barum Music Foundation as a staff  and the Amici International Music Festival as a Director of Operation.​