Rin Seo Collective
Rin Seo Collective
Rin Seo is a Korean composer, conductor and pianist based in New York City. Raised in a rich musical environment encompassing Western classical, jazz, theater, and Korean folk music, Seo creates genre-defying works that blend eclectic idioms with a distinctive voice and inventive spirit. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Composition from the Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea.
Driven by a passion to expand her sonic spectrum, she moved to the United States to study jazz performance and composition at the Berklee College of Music, where she was awarded a scholarship and earned a Professional Diploma. Seo further refined her craft, studying with Grammy Award-winning composer Jim McNeely during her Master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. Seo’s notable awards and honors include ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, DownBeat magazine Student Music Award, BMI Booker Scholarship for young jazz artists, and the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Composition Contest.
Additionally, she received numerous grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Korean Cultural Center New York, and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. Her music has been featured at prominent venues including Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Jazz Gallery, Flushing Town Hall, and The Jarasum Jazz Festival in Korea, among others.
Rin Seo Collective is a 14-piece chamber jazz orchestra led by Korean composer and conductor Rin Seo. The ensemble embodies Seo’s compositional philosophy, masterfully uniting the richness of jazz with the depth of orchestral textures through innovative instrumentation and musicality. Their recent release, City Suite, is an ambitious debut album influences by diverse musical genres such as classical, jazz, and Korean folk, and has received strong critical acclaim. At the release concert, the Rin Seo Collective will present selections from City Suite, featuring original compositions and arrangements from the album.
Tickets prices are $25-$35 depending on seating.