Rachel Grimes

Rachel Grimes

Rachel Grimes visited the University of Iowa campus October 30, 2019 to deliver a lecture in the Creative Matters series co-sponsored by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research and Witching Hour. Below are stories, text, photos, and other materials chronicling and related to the visit.

Rachel Grimes

Heralded “one of American independent music’s few truly inspired technicians” by WIRE magazine, Rachel Grimes is a pianist, composer, and arranger based in Kentucky. She creates music for chamber ensembles, orchestras, film, and collaborative live performances.

Rachel Grimes
Composer Rachel Grimes — courtesy of Witching Hour

The article below was posted in Little Village on October 16, 2019.

Rachel Grimes explores her roots and Kentucky’s checkered history in ‘The Way Forth,’ a folk opera and film

By Emma McClatchey
Photos by Miranda Meyer.

Creative Matters is an initiative of the UI Arts Advancement Committee and is sponsored by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research.

All events are free and open to the public.

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides resources and support to researchers and scholars at the University of Iowa and to businesses across Iowa with the goal of forging new frontiers of discovery and innovation and promoting a culture of creativity that benefits the campus, the state, and the world.

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