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Reena Esmail

Composer

Orchestra with Soloist(s)

Aria (2009)

for Hindustani singer and orchestra (12 min)
written for Yale Philharmonia

Clarinet Concerto (2017)

clarinet and orchestra (16min; 2 mmts)
commissioned by Albany Symphony for Shankar Tucker

Concerto for Hindustani Violin and Orchestra (2022)

for Hindustani violin and orchestra (22 min)
commissioned by Seattle Symphony for Kala Ramnath

Concerto For You (2019)

for solo violin and youth string orchestra (12 mins)
commissioned by ARTSpeaks for Neuqua Valley High School Orchestra

I do not know what I know (version for soprano and orchestra) (2022)

soprano and orchestra (7 min)
aria from Say Your Name
commissioned by Amherst College; Arianne Abela, conductor
text by Rebecca Gayle Howell

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -chamber orchestra (2018)

version for Hindustani singer, soprano and chamber orchestra (21min; 3mmts)
commissioned by Albany Symphony for Saili Oak

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -full orchestra (2018)

for Hindustani singer, soprano and full orchestra (3mmts; 21min)
commissioned by Albany Symphony for Saili Oak

new double concerto for violin and piano* (2026)

new work for TBA (X min)
commissioned by (TBA)
*this work is not yet completed

new piano concerto* (2027)

new work for TBA (X min)
commissioned by (TBA)
*this work is not yet completed

RE|Member (orchestra) (2021)

orchestra (7 min)
co-commissioned by Seattle Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Rosa de Sal (trumpet and orchestra) (2023)

for trumpet and chamber orchestra
commissioned by Mary Elizabeth Bowden

Terra Infirma* (2025)

new concerto for harp, percussion and string orchestra (~25 min)
commissioned by Yolanda Kondonassis
*this work is not yet completed

Testament (from Vishwas) – full orchestra version (2017)

for full orchestra and tabla

The Blue Room (2007)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (17 min; 2 mmts)
written for Robert Bolyard, conductor for Yale Repertory Orchestra and Alexander Woods, violin

The History Of Red (chamber orchestra version) (2020)

soprano and chamber orchestra (20 min)
poetry of Linda Hogan
commissioned by Santa Fe Pro Musica, The Knights (Brooklyn), River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Houston) and Orlando Philharmonic, with soprano Kathryn Mueller

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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