Pianist/composer
Video and Streaming
May 21, 2022 Helen Sung Trio at the 2022 Newton Piano Summit
December 12, 2021 Helen Sung presents Reorientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud, Episode 1: Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya
December 17, 2021 Helen Sung presents Reorientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud, Episode 2: Poet and Writer Serena Yang
December 26, 2021 Helen Sung presents Reorientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud, Episode 3: Hip Hop Artist Heesun Lee
September 17, 2021 Quartet+ EPK and official release date on Sunnyside Records
Itinerary
OCTOBER 2023
Oct 11 Helen Sung with guest Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Shadlen, "Rhythm & Reason" series, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, NYC
Oct 12 Helen Sung Trio for the National Arts Club Gala: Celebrating 125 Years, National Arts Club, NYC
Oct 13 Helen Sung with The Misterioso Quintet Plays Monk, Birdland Theater at Birdland Jazz Club, NYC
Oct 15 Helen Sung, Pianist for the Herbie Hancock Compeition Gala Concert Celebrating Dianne Reeves & Frank Gehry, The Perelman Center, NYC
Oct 17 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with special guest Arcata String Quartet, Arcata Playhouse, Arcata, CA
Oct 18 Helen Sung Quartet, visiting artists at Conservatory Connect, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA
Oct 19 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with special guest Friction String Quartet, Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA
Oct 20 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with special guest Friction String Quartet at Piedmont Piano Company, Oakland, CA
Oct 21 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with special guest Friction String Quartet at The 222, Healdsburg, CA
Oct 29 w/vocalist Carolyn Leonhart at Mezzrow Jazz Club, NYC
SEPTEMBER 2023
Sept 1 Helen Sung presents Going Big, Band & Beyond: Celebrating Horace Silver's Birthday! at Dizzy's Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center (5th floor), Time Warner (Deutsche Bank) Center, NYC
Sept 2 Helen Sung presents Going Big, Band & Beyond: Celebrating Horace Silver's Birthday! at Dizzy's Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center (5th floor), Time Warner (Deutsche Bank) Center, NYC
Sept 3 Helen Sung presents Going Big, Band & Beyond: Celebrating Horace Silver's Birthday! at Dizzy's Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center (5th floor), Time Warner (Deutsche Bank) Center, NYC
Sept 6 Helen Sung presents PUSH (Solo Piano) at the 2023 White Plains Jazz Fest, Downtown Music at Grace (33 Church Street), White Plains, NY
Sept 7 w/SFJAZZ Collective: Past and Present 20th Anniversary Celebration, Joe Henderson Lab, SFJAZZ, San Francisco, CA
Sept 8 w/SFJAZZ Collective: Past and Present 20th Anniversary Celebration, Joe Henderson Lab, SFJAZZ, San Francisco, CA
Sept 11-13 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Sept 23 w/Mingus Big Band at the 2023 Harbor Festival (Village Green Stage), The Jazz Loft, Stony Brook, NY
Sept 26-27 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Past Shows
AUGUST 2023
Aug 5 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's Ogresse at the Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
Aug 6-11 Helen Sung, Faculty for Vermont Jazz Center's 2023 Summer Jazz Workshop, Putney School, Putney, VT
Aug 16-17 w/Donald Edwards Quintet: The Friends & Family Plan at Dizzy's Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
Aug 24 w/Mingus Big Band at Joe's Pub, NYC
Aug 27 w/vocalist Carolyn Leonhart at The Django, NYC
JULY 2023
July 10-15 Helen Sung, Faculty for Carnegie Hall / Weill Institute 2023 NYO Jazz Residency at SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY
July 16 Helen Sung presents JazzPlasticity for Mohonk Festival of the Arts, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
July 20-21 Helen Sung, Artist-in-Residence for William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Workshop, Wayne, NJ
July 21 Helen Sung presents Big, Band & Beyond for William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Room Concert Series, Shea Center for the Performing Arts, Wayne, NJ
July 23-28 Helen Sung, Faculty for Jazz at Lincoln Center's Summer Jazz Academy, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
JUNE 2023
June 2-4 w/Scott Robinson Quartet at Birdland Theatre, Birdland Jazz Club, NYC
June 5 w/Mingus Big Band at DROM, NYC
June 6 w/Chris Washburne Quartet (private event: Jazz & Leadership), Swing 46, NYC
June 19 w/Mingus Big Band celebrating Juneteenth at DROM, NYC
June 23 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with guest violinist Sara Caswell at the 2023 Rochester International Jazz Festival: 20th Edition, Wilder Room, Rochester, NY
June 24 Helen Sung, Solo Piano at the 2023 Rochester International Jazz Festival: 20th Edition, Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
June 25 w/Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy All-Stars, Dizzy's Club Jazz at Lincoln Center, Time Warner Center, (5th floor), NYC
MAY 2023
May 8 Helen Sung Trio at the National Arts Club: Fine & Mellow, a concert series in collaboration with The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, NYC
May 10 Helen Sung & Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Shadlen present Like Musical Minds for Arts & Minds "Rhythm & Reason" series, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, NYC
Helen Sung & Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Shadlen present Like Musical Minds II for "Music on the Brain" series at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, NYC
May 19 Helen Sung presents a Masterclass: Finding A Voice Through Jazz Composition at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
May 20 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with guest violinist Meg Okura for Jazz Cultural Voices (concert series), Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
APRIL 2023
Apr 1 w/Mingus Dynasty band celebrating Sue Mingus, 2023 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy, NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, the Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Apr 12 Helen Sung presents BIg, Band, & Beyond at Dizzy's Club Jazz at Lincoln Center, Time Warner Building (5th floor), NYC
Apr 13 Christine Jensen & Helen Sung at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, in connection with the exhibition Parall(elles): A History of Women in Design, Bourgie Hall, Montreal, CANADA
Apr 14 w/Mingus@100: Mingus Dynasty Quintet at the Library of Congress, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Washington, DC
Apr 18-20 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Apr 20 Helen Sung w/RJAM: SIDE-BY-SIDE at SFJAZZ, Joe Henderson Lab, San Francisco, CA
Apr 22-23 Helen Sung at Word of [South]: A Festival of Literature & Music, Cascades Park, Tallahassee, FL
Apr 25 w/Chris Washburne Quintet at Millbank Chapel, Teachers' College, Columbia University, NYC
Apr 27-28 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
MARCH 2023
Mar 8-10 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Mar 11 Helen Sung presents "The Jazz Rhythm Section: Exploring Your Role," a virtual masterclass for Jazz Video Lessons, Planet Earth
Mar 16-17 Helen Sung, Visiting Artist Residency at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Mar 22 Helen Sung, Visiting Artist Masterclass at The Juilliard School, NYC
Helen Sung & Neuroscientist Dr. Michael Shadlen present Let the Music Flow, Arts & Minds "Rhythm & Reason" series
(virtual edition), Zuckerman Institute, Harlem, NYC
Mar 24 Helen Sung, Guest Faculty Online Masterclass for OpenStudio.com, Planet Earth
Mar 27-31 Helen Sung, Artist Residency, Mead-Witter Music School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
FEBRUARY 2023
Feb 7 w/vocalist Carolyn Leonhart, About The Swing School Concert Series, NYC
Feb 9-10 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Feb 14 w/LEA Delaria's Annual Valentine's Day show at Joe's Pub, NYC
Feb 15 Helen Sung Masterclass, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Feb 16 NEC Chamber Singers and Symphonic Winds: Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert with special guests Helen Sung and vocalist Patrice Williamson, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
Feb 18 w/Mingus Dynasty and Ensemble Coaching for 2023 Mingus Fest, Arnhold Hall, The New School of Jazz, NYC
Feb 18 Lost Jazz Shrines: Celebrating Boomers / Remembering Cedar Walton – featuring the Helen Sung Quartet (w/Jaleel Shaw, sax; Reuben Rogers, bass; Kendrick Scott, drums), BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC
Feb 19 Competition Judge (Combo Category) for 2023 Mingus Fest, Tishman Auditorium, The New School of Jazz, NYC
w/Mingus Big Band at Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NYC
Feb 24-25 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's Ogresse at The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
JANUARY 2023
Jan 7 Helen Sung, featured guest w/Western Michigan University's Jazz Orchestra at the 2023 JEN National Conference, Omni Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL
Jan 12 Helen Sung, pianist for New Standards Live at Winter Jazzfest 2023, City Winery, NYC
Jan 22 Helen Sung, pianist for Jazz on the Mountain Festival: Parlor Games, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
Jan 23 Helen Sung + Scott Robinson + Martin Wind TRIO at Jazz on the Mountain Festival, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
Jan 26 Helen Sung Quartet (featuring Steve Wilson, sax; Vicente Archer, bass; Kendrick Scott, drums) presents Portraits in Jazz -- Peggy Rockefeller Concert Series at Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium, NYC
Jan 31 w/Chris Washburne Quartet (private event: Jazz & Leadership), Feinstein's/54 Below, NYC
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