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Reena Esmail

Composer

Strings and Piano

Dhire Dhire (version for soprano and piano trio) (2022)

soprano and piano trio (5 min)
commissioned by Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC)

I Wonder as I Wander (2014)

for piano trio (4′)

interglow (2020)

string quartet, flute, piano and community voices (5 min)
commissioned by Salastina Music Society

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -Piano Quintet (2019)

version for Hindustani singer, soprano and piano quintet (21min; 3mmts)
commissioned by SongFest for Saili Oak

new chamber work*

new work for piano quintet and tabla (~15 min)
commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
*this work is not yet completed

new string quartet* (2026)

string quartet (~15-20 min)
commissioned for Viano Quartet by Coretet, Schubert Club, Chamber Music Northwest, and Chamber Music Tulsa
*this work has not yet been completed

new work for harp trio* (2027)

violin, cello and harp (~10 min)
commissioned by Celebrity Series of Boston
*this work has not yet been completed

Piano Quintet (2010)

string quartet and piano (13 min)
commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

Piano Trio (2019)

violin, cello and piano (31 min; 4 mmts)
commissioned by Joshua Roman for Town Music Seattle

Saans (2017)

violin, cello and piano (8 min)
written for Suzana Bartal

String Quartet (Ragamala) (2013)

(19 min)
commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
 and premiered by the Flux Quartet

String Quartet (Ragamala) (with Hindustani Vocals) (2015)

new version for quartet and Hindustani vocals (ca. 25 mins)
premiered by Salastina Music Society

Teen Murti (SQ + cello solo) (2013)

solo cello and string quartet (2015)
commissioned by Joshua Roman

The History Of Red (piano trio version) (2020)

soprano and piano trio (20 min)
poetry of Linda Hogan
commissioned by Santa Fe Pro Musica, The Knights (Brooklyn), ROCO (Houston) and Orlando Philharmonic, with soprano Kathryn Mueller

This Is It (2023)

string quartet (8 mmts; 20 min)
commissioned by Greenwood Music Camp (set 1), Spoleto Festival USA (set 2), Sheffield Chamber Players (set 3)

Who makes a clearing (2022)

soprano, violin and cello (8 min)
commissioned by friends of New Music USA, in honor of Frederick Peters

Zeher (2018)

string quartet (9 min)
commissioned by Brooklyn Rider

Esmail is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020-2025 Swan Family Artist in Residence, and was Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer-in-Residence. She also holds awards/fellowships from United States Artists, the S&R Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Kennedy Center.

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