folk, roots & Bluegrass

One half of Hummingbird Crossing, the duo of Chang and Mrazek focuses on repertoire from traditional bluegrass, bluegrass gospel and folk, as well as self-arranged selections from numerous genres. The singing of traditional duo harmonic lines paired with acoustic instruments creates an intimate sound that stirs the heart!

Helen Chang is a multi-instrumentalist / composer that performs fiddle, mandolin and a variety of other acoustic instruments. She's a former member of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (Fiddle. Um, rather, violin).  She's a keyboard specialist & church organist and has her ARCT in classical piano performance. She is alarmingly good at sight reading just about anything and has a knack for being able to learn new instruments quickly. (Which is both humbling and unnerving for her husband.)

Tim Mrazek is a multi-instrumentalist / composer who's collection includes non-bowed stringed instruments: guitars, banjo, the Chinese zhongruan, and other wee little fretted instruments. He also plays dobro and slide guitar. (Does ukulele count? Yeah, put that in there too even though he's never performed it in public. -Stuff with strings- Yeah.)  He progressed to ARCT level in classical guitar while earning a double major in music education and guitar performance. He's had less than stellar results with other instruments including trombone and clarinet. His mother thought he'd best learn some music theory through a keyboard instrument. Around the age of ten, he poorly chose accordion over piano on the conditional prerequisite to learning guitar. He thought it would be easier. (Yeah, right). That lasted an ambivalent 6 weeks and the end result was a sound akin to playing with gloves on. All he wanted to do was play guitar. Mothers, please, let your boy play that rock'n'roll.