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Reena Esmail

Composer

Recent Releases

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

Behta Jaa (from Sŭnaao) – (version for 2 treble voices) (2023)

for two treble voices – 1 mmts, 4 min
original work commissioned by Southern California Vocal Association / Music Institute of Chicago
new text by Reena Bhansali

Chamak (चमक) (2022)

for Grade 4 band (10 min, 3 mmts)
commissioned by Mark Duker (Waubonsie Valley High School,  Naperville IL) and consortium

Dhire Dhire (version for SATB) (2022)

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

Exaltations (2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man tu shudam, tu man shudi (2023)

commissioned by Illinois Wesleyan Choir (5 min)

new work for SATB chorus* (2027)

SATB choir (15 mins)
commissioned by Volti and consortium

one word makes a world (2021)

cello and piano (7′)
commissioned by Yoshi Masuda

Presence (2024)

solo guitar, solo bassoon, SSSAA vocal quintet and guitar ensemble (20′)
commissioned by Austin Classical Guitar

Presence Suite (for guitar orchestra) (2024)

guitar ensemble (15 min; 3 mmts)
suite from the larger work Presence
commissioned by Austin Classical Guitar

selections from Piano Time (OUP) (2024)

pedagogical piano pieces – 7 graded pieces (less than a minute each)
commissioned by Oxford University Press for their Piano Time series

Summitless Mountains (2024)

unaccompanied bassoon (7 min)

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

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

The Love of Thousands (SATB version) (2019)

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

The Love of Thousands (SSAA version) (2019)

SSAA 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

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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