"Hmmmm"
Live at Berklee Performance Center
Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra

Composer/Piano Yoko Suzuki (鈴木瑶子)
Conductor/Director Greg Hopkins
Guest Vocal Sarah Marie bugeja

Flute Paloma Gomez Angulo
S.Sax Kenton Dick
A.Sax Armir Lee
T.Sax 1 Max Roark
T.Sax 2 Claudia Medina Quispe
B.Sax Aaron Hayashi

Trumpet 1 Bastien Rieser
Trumpet 2 Joshua Britt
Trumpet 3 Roy Zuzovsky
Trumpet 4 Robert Mac VegaDowda
Trumpet 5 Carlos Ramos

Trombone 1 Sam Rowley
Trombone 2 Auden Durant
Trombone 3 Stephan Tenney
B.Trombone Beck Ghantous

Guitar Roy Ben Bashat
Bass Noam Tanzer
Drums Ilya Blazh

Mixing/Mastering Jason Mountario
Video Shooting Berklee College of Music

When I was writing this composition, I was inspired by a lot of variations of the word, 'Hmmmm'. This word can be used in very varied situations and I was trying to express those interesting changes by the development of my motif. I hope you enjoy how my motif goes.

2020 Downbeat 43rd Annual Student Award
(Composition for large ensemble)
Winning Composition