HELEN SUNG SOLO PIANO – NEW HAVEN JAZZ FESTIVAL OPENING EVENT
Jazz Haven is excited to welcome pianist and composer Helen Sung for a special concert to kick off the 33rd New Haven Jazz Festival. Helen Sung hails from Houston, TX, where she attended the High School for the Performing & Visual Arts. An aspiring classical pianist before jazz intervened during undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Sung went on to graduate from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (at the New England Conservatory) and win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition. Now based in New York City, Sung has worked with such luminaries as the late Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Steve Turre, Wayne Shorter, and MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter. Helen will perform solo at on Friday, August 26. Doors: 7:00 pm Show: 8:00 pm Tickets are $10 in advance / $15 at the door. Advance tickets available HERE