Kia ora!
Gracie is a Kiwi collaborative pianist currently living in NYC. She specializes in recital work with classical voice, but has broad experience and enthusiasm for instrumental collaboration, opera, harpsichord, and conducting.
Press
“the perfect collaborator to match the singer’s controlled intensity with artful precision and understatement.” —Daniel Isengart
“. . . invoked the full power of Menotti’s noirish orchestrations and, in more intimate moments, played with the discretion and poetry of a seasoned lieder accompanist.” —William Dart, NZ Herald
“Grace Francis on harpsichord . . . kept the show janglingly and percussively alive.” —Simon Wilson, Metro
“some of New Zealand’s best young early music talent” —Simon Holden, BachTrack
“a cool and elegant soloist” —William Dart, NZ Herald
Performance Bookings
Gracie is a recital and audition collaborating partner for classical singers and instrumentalists.