Helen Sung at John G Shedd Institute for the Arts

"Sung, who ostensibly represent jazz’s more temperate zones, played with a blistering dynamism...Her lyricism, light touch, and classical polish (she kicked in Chick Corea’s Armando’s Rhumba like a Bach prelude) was complemented by plenty of hard-chord muscle, the repertoire featured Wayne Shorter, Percy Mayfield and her own thoughtful originals." The Guardian, November 2015

First seen in Eugene with The Shedd's most recent presentation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, pianist/composer Helen Sung returns with her quartet for an evening at Jaqua Concert Hall featuring material from her most recent CD, Anthem For A New Day. ...

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"Sung, who ostensibly represent jazz’s more temperate zones, played with a blistering dynamism...Her lyricism, light touch, and classical polish (she kicked in Chick Corea’s Armando’s Rhumba like a Bach prelude) was complemented by plenty of hard-chord muscle, the repertoire featured Wayne Shorter, Percy Mayfield and her own thoughtful originals." The Guardian, November 2015

First seen in Eugene with The Shedd's most recent presentation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, pianist/composer Helen Sung returns with her quartet for an evening at Jaqua Concert Hall featuring material from her most recent CD, Anthem For A New Day.

This concert is eligible for The Shedd's Free Shedd Jazz Student Ticket program, which makes a limited number of free tickets to 2016-17 Shedd jazz concerts available to students elementary through college. The program is made possible by a grant from Chamber Music America and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Contact The Shedd Ticket Office for information.

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