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Reena Esmail

Composer

Music for Young People

  • Solo Vocal (Western-trained)
  • Youth Chorus
  • Youth Orchestra (full)
  • String Orchestra
  • Band
  • Chamber Music

Solo Vocal (Western-trained)

Kabir Songs* (2022)

new cycle for soprano and piano (3 songs, ~12 min)
*this work is partially completed

Dhire Dhire (2022)

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

Youth Chorus

Listen (2021)

SA chorus (4min)

Take What You Need (Double Choir and Youth Orchestra) (2016)

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

Youth Orchestra (full)

Ram Tori Maya – full orchestra (2022)

arrangement of the Hindustani bhajan
for orchestra (2022)
commissioned by Carnegie Hall Link Up Program
*this arrangement has not yet been premiered

String Orchestra

The Voyage (string orchestra version) (2021)

version for youth string orchestra (12 min, 4 mmts)
string orchestra version created with Herricks High School Orchestra; Catherine Birke, director

Ram Tori Maya – two Hindustani singers and string quartet (original) (2019)

arrangement of Hindustani bhajan
two Hindustani singers and string quartet (2019)
written for the Shastra Summer Collaborative 

Concerto For You (2019)

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

Acharanga (string orchestra) (2018)

youth string orchestra, with optional sitar/tabla parts (3 min)
commissioned by William Annin Middle School, NJ

Take What You Need (Double Choir and Youth Orchestra) (2016)

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

Band

Chamak* (2022)

new work for Grade 3 band* (12 min)
commissioned by Mark Duker (Waubonsie Valley High School,  Naperville IL) and consortium
*this work is not yet completed

Chamber Music

new work for string quartet* (2023)

for string quartet
*this work has not yet been completed

Dhire Dhire (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′)

The Voyage (trio version) (2020)

string trio for student violinist with violin and viola (12 min, 4 mmts)
commissioned by Scott, Sharon and Julia St. John
*this work has not been premiered

Unlikely Stories (2020)

for student violin and piano (2006, 2019)
commissioned by Cora Cooper, Sleepy Puppy Press

Ram Tori Maya – two Hindustani singers and string quartet (original) (2019)

arrangement of Hindustani bhajan
two Hindustani singers and string quartet (2019)
written for the Shastra Summer Collaborative 

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