{"id":97011,"date":"2026-02-09T03:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=97011"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:27:29","slug":"regional-jazz-pianist-to-perform-feb-18-art-tatum-memorial-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_09_2026\/regional-jazz-pianist-to-perform-feb-18-art-tatum-memorial-concert","title":{"rendered":"Regional Jazz Pianist to Perform Feb. 18 Art Tatum Memorial Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo Department of Music will welcome Lisa Sung, an award-winning jazz pianist, composer and educator, as the guest performer for the 2026 Art Tatum Memorial Concert on Wednesday, Feb. 18.<\/p>\n<p>The free, public performance begins at 7 p.m. in UToledo\u2019s Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall, with Sung accompanied by UToledo faculty Norman Damschroder on double bass, Dr. Olman Piedra on drums and Jay Weik on guitar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97012\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97012\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97012\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lisa-Sung-Art-Tatum-Memorial-Concert.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Sung is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer and educator known for her exploration of world musical traditions through jazz.\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lisa-Sung-Art-Tatum-Memorial-Concert.jpg 500w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lisa-Sung-Art-Tatum-Memorial-Concert-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Sung is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer and educator known for her exploration of world musical traditions through jazz.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Concert attendees are asked to reserve a ticket via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tix.com\/ticket-sales\/utoledo\/2140\">Tix.com UToledo website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sung is a celebrated performer and educator known for her exploration of world musical traditions through jazz. Her debut album, \u201cHalf Moon,\u201d offers jazz interpretations of Korean children\u2019s songs, while her second album, \u201cDari Sabang,\u201d explores Indonesian folk melodies. Michigan\u2019s John Stites Jazz Artist Organization supported her cross-cultural tour of both countries as well as Vietnam with an artistic development award in 2022. She plans to continue her international work with tours in Brazil and the Philippines in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Sung is also an adjunct professor at Calvin University and Aquinas College in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLisa Sung is an exceptional performer whose unique approach to jazz expands how we think about the genre,\u201d said Dr. Jason Stumbo, chair of the Department of Music. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to welcome her for the Art Tatum Memorial Concert, which we host annually in honor of the late jazz great who grew up in Toledo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tatum is credited with greatly expanding the genre by introducing new techniques and arrangements, and his successful professional career included many successful recordings, a radio program and regular performances nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Visitor parking requires payment via the ParkMobile app, a parking meter or a daily permit via ParkUToledo. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkutoledo.com\">ParkUToledo website<\/a> for more information.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_09_2026\/regional-jazz-pianist-to-perform-feb-18-art-tatum-memorial-concert\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lisa-Sung-Art-Tatum-Memorial-Concert-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lisa Sung is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer and educator known for her exploration of world musical traditions through jazz.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Lisa Sung, an award-winning performer and educator known for her exploration of world musical traditions through jazz, is the guest performer for the free, public concert at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":97012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,5,498,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97014,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97011\/revisions\/97014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}