Sharon Grimes is an Ohio native currently on staff as a collaborative pianist at The College of Wooster and Malone University. She studied piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a preparatory student and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance at Case Western Reserve University. She has worked with diverse groups, including Mid Ohio Civic Opera, the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, and the Renaissance Theatre. Post college, she was mentored in collaborative piano studies by Elizabeth DeMio.