Leela Grace's Profile

Leela Grace (Singer/ Banjo Player/ Guitar Player/ Performer/ Songwriter/ Percussive Dancer Extraordinaire) is a Columbia, Missouri native who has performed and taught nationally for over 20 years, first with her family, and now as a solo musician and with her sister Ellie (as Leela and Ellie Grace). She likes to say that she spent her childhood and teenage years taking herself way too seriously and catering to her own perfectionist tendencies, so she is trying to make up for that now! J For the last seven years, in addition to touring nationally, she has been offering instruction in by-ear harmony singing, clawhammer banjo, and percussive dance to individuals and groups in her hometown.

In August of 2007, she relocated to Portland, Oregon, where she hopes to continue to spread the joy. She is a kind, entertaining, experienced teacher who tries to disarm her students with laughter, silliness, song and dance while, unbeknownst to them, they are not only learning to sing, dance, or play the banjo, but also learning to believe in their own ability. Leela’s devious plan is to do her part to create world peace by returning voices, simple joys, and power stolen in childhood to their rightful owners.

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