Full Bio:

Grant Flick is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, and collaborative artist currently based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While his main instrument is violin he typically inhabits spaces where it is not uncommon to find him playing nyckelharpa, tenor guitar, mandolin, or just about any other fifth-tuned stringed instrument. He lives fluidally between idioms/genres with a focus on original instrumental music primarily influenced by American improvisational idioms (bluegrass, jazz, new acoustic music, etc.), the music of Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, and chamber music both new and old. His most recent album “The Great Door” showcases his writing style in a quartet featuring entirely original material.

Grant believes that instrumental music is a medium of thought that has the power to express ideas that words cannot define. He loves to collaborate with others in this artform. You can hear him play with projects such as his duo with outstanding bassist Jacob Warren creatively titled “Warren & Flick,” his unique original quartet “Westbound Situation,” or transatlantic inspired fiddling duos with Hannah O’Brien. The work of these projects is documented on albums such as “Cormorant” (Warren & Flick), “Accord” (Westbound Situation), and “Unmatched Pair” (Hannah O’Brien & Grant Flick). 

Flick has received many awards and honors from a variety of organizations that span great stylistic range. Some of these include being a 2024 finalist of the Concert Artist Guild Competition, the 2023 Henry Mac Award, the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association Momentum Band of the Year, First Prize at the 2022 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition, First Prize at the 2018 Briggs Chamber Music Competition, finalist at the 2017 Freshgrass Fiddle Competition, finalist at the 2015 Walnut Valley Festival Fiddling Competition, and a 2013 recipient of the Daneil Pearl Memorial Violin. His projects have received numerous grants for chamber music inventiveness including the 2023 Iguana Fund Grant generously supported by Club Passim, the 2021 Binkow Chamber Music Grant, the 2020 University of Michigan Excel Enterprise Grant, and the 2019 Binkow Chamber Music Grant. His projects have also received official showcases at Folk Alliance International in 2020 and 2022, as well as Folk Alliance Regional Midwest in 2025. He has participated in the Honeywell Arts Academy Fellowship and has been a two time participant of the esteemed Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival.

In addition to performing, recording and writing, Grant loves to work in music education encouraging others to make their own music, find new sounds, and collaborate with others. He has taught workshops at many camps/festivals throughout the United States including the Augusta Heritage Center’s Bluegrass Week, Charm City Django Fest, and the Tenor Guitar Gathering, among others. His duo project “Warren & Flick” also has led residencies and courses at a plethora of institutions such as DePauw University, Ithaca College, Indiana University’s Summer String Academy, James Madison University, University of Michigan’s Center Stage Strings, and Utah State University to name a few. Together they have also conducted many of these classes at public and private K-12 schools throughout the country. Grant also teaches privately and has an active studio that caters to a wide variety of students (you can reach out to him directly at his website grantflick.com if interested). He holds a Master’s Degree in Improvisation from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. 

His performance portfolio is diverse as he has played at places such as the Argyros, Baltimore Museum of Art, Billy Strings’ Renewal Festival, Cole Porter Festival, Grand Ole Opry, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, the International Society of Bassists’ Convention, Michigan Jazz Festival, Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest, Savannah Music Festival, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival, among others. He has appeared on stage with artists such as Darol Anger, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage, Mike Marshall, and Time for Three, to name a few. 

Grant states, “I feel fortunate to do what I do. Working with so many great musicians and receiving the opportunity to learn from my collaborators is consistently rewarding. Growing up, I never imagined that playing music would become my occupation, but at the same time I don’t know how it could have turned out any other way. I see music as a medium in which people can express thoughts and feelings beyond the weight of words. My hope is to help people listen.”