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Reena Esmail

Composer

Choir

  • SAB Choir
  • SATB Choir (only)
  • SATB Choir (w/ obbligato instrument(s))
  • Treble Choir
  • works with Community/Audience Voices

SATB Choir (only)

A Winter Breviary (2021)

three carols for SATB choir (12 min)
new text by Rebecca Gayle Howell

Dhire Dhire (version for SATB) (2022)

SATB chorus (5 min)
original version commissioned by Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC)

Even After All this Time… (SATB only) (2016)

version for SATB Chorus (6 min)
commissioned by Lindsay Pope

If the River Leaves Without Me (SATB) (2023)

version for SATB chorus (4 min)
commissioned by California Choral Directors Association

Jahaaṅ* (2025)

five arrangements of Indian folksongs for SATB Chorus (~20′)
commissioned by Los Angeles Master Chorale

Man tu shudam, tu man shudi (2023)

commissioned by Illinois Wesleyan Choir (5 min)

Quarantine Madrigals (2020)

solo voice or choir (15 min: 8 mmts)
commissioned by Conspirare
new text by Amy Fogerson

Ritual (2006)

SATB chorus, clarinet and piano (5 min)

Sunāō (सुनाऔ) (2023)

three songs for youth chorus (SA, SAB, SATB) – 3 mmts, 10 min
commissioned by Southern California Vocal Association
new text by Reena Bhansali

TaReKiTa (2016)

SATB Chorus (2 min) – also available in SSAA and TTBB
written for Urban Voices Project

The Love of Thousands (SATB version) (2019)

SATB choir (5 mins)
version commissioned by Green Lake Festival of Music

Trust the Ballot (2022)

SATB chorus and piano (5 min)
commissioned by Amherst College; Arianne Abela, conductor
text by Rebecca Gayle Howell

Tuttarana (SATB) (2014)

version for SATB Chorus (3 min)
commissioned by Mount Holyoke Glee Club; Lindsay Pope, conductor

We Are Love (2022)

soprano, SATB choir and community choir (8 min)
text by Melissa Studdard

White Key (2009)

SSAATTBB chorus (14 min)
premiered by Yale Camerata; Brian Bartoldus, conductor

SATB Choir (w/ obbligato instrument(s))

Alleluia (from Exaltations) – horn version (2024)

for SATB double choir and horn (4 min)
commissioned by Cathedral Choral Society

Alleluia (from Exaltations) – trombone version (2024)

for SATB double choir and trombone (4 min)
commissioned by Cathedral Choral Society

Earth Speaks (2015)

SATB chorus, horn and piano (45 min; 9 mmts)
commissioned by Pasadena Master Chorale

Even After All this Time… (with clarinet) (2016)

SATB Chorus and clarinet (7 min)
commissioned by Lindsay Pope

Exaltations (2024)

three interstitial movements for SATB double choir and brass ensemble (11 min)
commissioned by Cathedral Choral Society

Lacrimosa (from Malhaar: A Requiem for Water) (2023)

SATB chorus and tabla (7 min)
commissioned by Los Angeles Master Chorale

Malhaar: A Requiem for Water (2023)

SATB chorus, Hindustani vocalist, tabla and (Western) percussion (45 min)
commissioned by Los Angeles Master Chorale

new work for choir and string quartet* (2026)

SATB Chorus, string quartet and piano (~20 min)
new text by Rebecca Gayle Howell
commissioned by Providence Singers
*this work has not yet been completed

She Will Transform You (SATB + flute) (2020)

SATB Chorus and flute (8 min)
poetry of Neelanjana Banerjee
commissioned by Richmond Symphony and Chorus

Still I Rise (SATB version) (2016)

version of mmt 5 from I Rise (5 min, 1 mmt)
commissioned by Lehigh University Choral Arts, Sun Min Lee, conductor

Sun Sundar Sargam (version for SATB + sitar) (2023)

SATB chorus and sitar (8 min)
commissioned by BBC Singers

Sun Sundar Sargam (version for treble chorus) (2023)

2-part treble chorus and piano (with optional sitar) (8 min)
commissioned by BBC Singers for BBC Ten Pieces 2024

The Tipping Point (2021)

SATB choir and tabla (9 minutes)
commissioned by Santa Fe Desert Chorale
text by Amy Fogerson

When the Guitar (2019)

version for SATB chorus and guitar quartet (6 min)
commissioned by Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

When the Violin (9vcs + cello) (2018)

version for 9 voices (SSAATTBBB) and cello (6 min)
commissioned by  Golden Bridge Choir; Suzi Digby, conductor

When the Violin (9vcs + violin) (2018)

version for 9 voices (SSAATTBBB) and violin (6 min)
commissioned by  Golden Bridge Choir; Suzi Digby, conductor

When the Violin (SATB+cello) (2018)

for SATB choir and cello obbligato (6 min)
commissioned by Golden Bridge Choir; Suzi Digby, conductor

When the Violin (SATB+viola) (2018)

for SATB choir and viola obbligato (6 min)
commissioned by Golden Bridge Choir; Suzi Digby, conductor

When the Violin (SATB+violin) (2018)

version for SATB chorus and violin (6 min)
commissioned by  Golden Bridge Choir; Suzi Digby, conductor

Treble Choir

Ave Maria (2006)

for SSAA Chorus (4 min)

I Rise: Women in Song (4-voice+single instruments) (2016)

version for women’s chorus, string quintet, flute and harp (25 min, 5 mmts)
commissioned by Lehigh University Choral Arts, Sun Min Lee, conductor

I Rise: Women in Song (SSAA+flute) (2016)

reduced version for women’s chorus and flute (15 min, 3 mmts)
commissioned by Lehigh University Choral Arts, Sun Min Lee, conductor

If the River Leaves Without Me (SSAA) (2023)

SSAA chorus (4 min)
commissioned by California Choral Directors Association

Listen (2021)

two-part treble chorus (4 min)

Quarantine Madrigals (2020)

solo voice or choir (15 min: 8 mmts)
commissioned by Conspirare
new text by Amy Fogerson

Ram Tori Maya – 2-part treble choir (2019)

two-part treble choir and piano (2019)
written for the Shastra Summer Collaborative 

Sunāō (सुनाऔ) (2023)

three songs for youth chorus (SA, SAB, SATB) – 3 mmts, 10 min
commissioned by Southern California Vocal Association
new text by Reena Bhansali

TaReKiTa (2016)

SATB Chorus (2 min) – also available in SSAA and TTBB
written for Urban Voices Project

The Dirt is Red Here (from Earth Speaks) (2015)

SSSA chorus (4min)
commissioned by Pasadena Master Chorale

The Love of Thousands (extended 12-part treble version) (2019)

treble choir (8 mins)
commissioned by Classical Movements’ Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program for the San Francisco Girls Chorus

The Love of Thousands (SSAA version) (2019)

SSAA choir (5 mins)
version commissioned by Green Lake Festival of Music

This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity (SSAA version) (2016)

version for SSAA Chorus, baroque orchestra, sitar and tabla
SSAA version commissioned by Missouri State University, Erin Plisco, conductor
original SATB version commissioned by Yale Institute of Sacred Music with Juilliard415

Tuttarana (SSA) (2014)

SSA Chorus (3 min)
commissioned by Mount Holyoke Glee Club; Lindsay Pope, conductor

works with Community/Audience Voices

Community Songbook (free download) (2024)

a collection of works suitable for community singing

interglow (2020)

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

Listen (2021)

two-part treble chorus (4 min)

See Me (2020)

SATB chorus + community chorus (7 min)
commissioned by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

Take What You Need – Double Choir (no instruments) (2016)

a unique work designed for musicians and communities to perform together
for SATB choir and community choir and/or audience (length varies)
commissioned by Street Symphony  for Urban Voices Project

Take What You Need (double choir + string quintet) (2016)

a unique work designed for musicians and communities to perform together
version for SATB chorus, string quintet, and community choir and/or audience (length varies)
commissioned by Street Symphony  for Urban Voices Project

Take What You Need (Double Choir and Piano) (2016)

a unique work designed for musicians and communities to perform together
version for SATB chorus, piano, and community choir and/or audience (length varies)
commissioned by Street Symphony  for Urban Voices Project

Take What You Need (Hymnal Style Chorale Version) (2016)

a unique work designed for musicians and communities to perform together
for SATB community singing (2 min)
commissioned by Street Symphony  for Urban Voices Project

We Are Love (2022)

soprano, SATB choir and community choir (8 min)
text by Melissa Studdard

SAB Choir

Sunāō (सुनाऔ) (2023)

three songs for youth chorus (SA, SAB, SATB) – 3 mmts, 10 min
commissioned by Southern California Vocal Association
new text by Reena Bhansali

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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