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Reena Esmail

Composer

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

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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