Revisit your favorite gospels in the latest semi jazz album “His Love”!

The album’s distinctive melody is based on classical interpretation of gospel music intertwined with jazz. Classical violinist Jungsun Yoo collaborated with renowned jazz pianist Youngjoo Song and many other classical and jazz artists based in New York.

The album provides easy listening for the unassuming listener as your favorite gospels are stylishly expressed with classical violin melody alongside jazz rhythms.

The tree on the album jacket refers to God’s limitless love, his enduring support, and the shelter when we need him most.


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Jungsun Yoo, Violinist

A native of Seoul, Korea, Jungsun Yoo began violin studies at the age of nine. After graduating from Yewon Middle School and prior to completing her studies at Seoul High School of Music & Art, she moved to the United States to further musical studies.

Ms. Yoo completed in five years her Bachelor's (Classical) and Master's (Orchestral Performance) degrees at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Prior to receiving her Professional Studies Certificate in Orchestral Performance at MSM as a full scholarship recipient of the Whitaker Award, Ms. Yoo won an orchestral position with the New World Symphony. She is the recipient of many first prizes and awards, including the Wol-Gan Magazine Competition and Korea's Yook-Young National Competition.

Ms. Yoo has played in orchestras since an early age and has served as concertmaster of the Manhattan School of Music Symphony and Chambers Sinfonia, as associate concertmaster in the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and as a principal second of the American Jazz Philharmonic at the Henry Mancini Institute at the Hollywood Bowl. In 2002, she was presented in her New York recital debut as a winner of Artists International's special presentation award at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, receiving highest acclaim, and was invited to perform by the Young Artists Alumni-Winners Series at Carnegie.

Her musical journey has spanned classical, movie soundtracks, jazz, and R&B. She has collaborated in recordings for top artists such as Mariah Carey, Sting, Harry Connick Jr., Joss Stone, John Legend, and many others. She has also participated in orchestral music recordings for many movie soundtracks, such as Hail Caesar, Moonrise Kingdom, and Tower Heist, and has also performed on Whitney Houston's music video.

As a finalist of the New York Philharmonic auditions, Ms. Yoo remains as an active player and has participated in European and Asian tours, including Pyongyang, North Korea.

Recently, her first semi-jazz praise album with jazz pianist Youngjoo Song was released by Sony Music in Korea.


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