Rin Seo Collective - City Suite

2025

City Suite is an ambitious debut album by New York-based Korean composer and conductor Rin Seo. Influenced by diverse musical genres such as classical, jazz, and Korean folk, her music seamlessly blends eclectic musical idioms, blurring the boundaries between genres with her distinctive music voice. To bring her compositional vision to life, Seo carefully assembled the Rin Seo Collective, a 14-piece ensemble that combines the beauty of jazz and orchestral textures.

This recording reflects Seo’s impressions of New York City, where she chose to pursue her dreams. The work features a range of emotions including ambition, struggle, isolation, nostalgia, and solidarity provoked by urban life. In addition, this album encapsulates her decade-long musical and life journey living in the United States.

Rin Seo composer, conductor
Steve Wilson piccolo, flute, soprano sax, alto sax
Ethan Helm soprano sax, alto sax (track 4)
Dan Pratt flute, clarinet, tenor sax
Andrew Gutauskas clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone sax
John Lake trumpet
Ingrid Jensen trumpet (track 5, 8)
Adam Unsworth horn
Nick Grinder trombone
Joyce Hammann violin (except track 3, 7)
Sita Chay violin (except track 3)
Orlando Wells viola (except track 3)
Jody Redhage Ferber cello (except track 3)
Sebastian Noelle guitar
Adam Birnbaum piano
Matt Clohesy contrabass
Jared Schonig drum set, percussion