Umami

Clarinet Choir/Quartet

Umami is a piece written for Clarinet Choir and Clarinet Quartet. Initially being written as a joke, Umami was written for the clarinet quartet at my university known as Sweet Beef. As I continued to write, I realized the end of the academic year was quickly approaching, and with the end of the year would come the retirement of the quartet, as one of the members would be moving out of state to further their academic year. This was the turning point of the piece, where it went from a silly inside joke to a celebration and farewell to a friend.