Halie Loren sings at the Jazz Station in Eugene
Two Shows - 7:00p and 9:00p
- Halie Loren vocals
- Matt Treder piano
- Sean Peterson bass
- Ryan Biesack drums
Multilingual Jazz/Pop Vocalist Halie Loren returns with her Quartet for a career-spanning set of jazz favorites, originals, and some new SURPRISES!
Halie Loren is an international, Grammy-nominated, award-winning jazz/pop singer/songwriter. She brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences. Her multi-genre and multi-lingual musical blend across her eleven albums to-date has earned several national and international awards in multiple genres as well as significant critical and chart success along the way, with her albums consistently charting at #1 on the Billboard/Japan Jazz Charts, iTunes (Canada and Japan) and Amazon Music. An award-winning songwriter since her early teens, Halie began garnering international acclaim as a recording artist when her debut jazz CD “They Oughta Write a Song,” was named the Best Vocal Jazz Album of the year at the 2009 JPF Independent Music Awards. She was subsequently signed for distribution in Asia by JVC/Victor Entertainment and in the rest of the world with Canadian-based jazz label Justin Time Records, which is now part of Nettwerk Music Group. Along with recording and songwriting successes, Halie’s live performances have brought her around the world several times, with performances on 4 continents. Her concerts range from intimate to expansive, from a classic jazz trio format to lush orchestral collaborations both throughout North America, Asia and in Europe. Halie is currently touring internationally in support of her latest album "Dreams Lost and Found", recorded in Montreal, Canada and featuring several fellow Justin Time Records artists (released April, 2024).
Matt Treder's production and playing credits include three Billboard Japan #1 jazz albums with Halie Loren. He is on faculty at The Shedd Institute for the Arts where his work includes performing for the Unforgettable senior memory-care project. He has been a keyboardist with Satin Love Orchestra, the Inspirational Sounds, The Essentials, the Deb Cleveland Band, Don Latarski, the University of Oregon Jazz Ensemble, and an adjunct professor for the UO Gospel Choir. He enjoys writing orchestrations for symphony concerts and sharing his love of music through school outreach and Road Scholar presentations.
Sean Peterson is a bassist and composer based in Eugene, Oregon. He has performed for over 20 years in numerous genres, including Jazz, Baroque, Funk, and Salsa. He performs regularly with Halie Loren, Laura Kemp, Torrey Newhart, Carl Woideck and Oregon Bach Collegium. Previously he has performed with Taarka, Beta Collide, The Oregon Composers’ Big Band, and Eleven Eyes. In 2015 he released his first album as a leader, "Let It Show," which he composed, arranged, recorded and mixed. Sean is a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Oregon, where he teaches classes on Blues History, Rock History, and Hip Hop History, and is the coach and founder of the Hip Hop Ensemble, a for-credit University band which composes, arranges, and performs hip hop music. He is at work on his dissertation, entitled "Something Real: Rap, Resistance, and the Music of the Soulquarians.”
Ryan Biesack is a jazz drummer, percussionist and educator. He holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon. He is the current director of Jazz Ensembles at Oregon State University. He has played professionally for over two decades, and has performed with multiple, talented musicians both locally and throughout the US, Asia and Europe. Locally, he can be found performing regularly with a variety of regional artists such as The Olem Alves Trio, Joe Manis, Trio Untold, Halie Loren and many others in the Eugene and Portland areas. Ryan is a Sabian Cymbal Artist.
