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Reena Esmail

Composer

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

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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