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Reena Esmail

Composer

Upcoming Music

Concerto for Orchestra* (2026)

for orchestra (~45-50 min)
commissioned by San Francisco Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra
*this work is not yet completed – it will premiere in 26/27

Godsongs (2024)

contralto and piano (6 interstitial songs)
commissioned by Oxford International Song Festival for Jess Dandy and Keval Shah

Jahaaṅ* (2025)

five arrangements of Indian folksongs for SATB Chorus (~20′)
commissioned by Los Angeles Master Chorale

Kabir Songs (Dhire Dhire et al)* (2022)

new cycle for soprano and piano (3 songs, ~12 min)
on couplets of 14c saint-poet Kabir
*this work is partially completed

Meera Kahe* (2025)

Hindustani singer, baroque violin, cello/gamba, traverso and harpsichord (5 mmts; 20 min)
premiered by Tesserae Baroque
*this work is not yet completed

new chamber work*

new work for piano quintet and tabla (~15 min)
commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
*this work is not yet completed

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

new string quartet* (2026)

string quartet (~15-20 min)
commissioned for Viano Quartet by Coretet, Schubert Club, Chamber Music Northwest, and Chamber Music Tulsa
*this work has not yet been completed

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

new work for harp trio* (2027)

violin, cello and harp (~10 min)
commissioned by Celebrity Series of Boston
*this work has not yet been completed

new work for youth orchestra* (2026)

youth orchestra with Hindustani classical instruments
*this work has not yet been completed

Pathways of Desire* (2024)

unaccompanied flute (10 min; 3 mmts)
commissioned by  Flute New Music Consortium

Rosa de Sal (trumpet and orchestra) (2023)

for trumpet and chamber orchestra
commissioned by Mary Elizabeth Bowden

Subah Shaam (Morning and Night) (2024)

soprano, flute, violin, cello and harpsichord/piano (20 min)
Act I (movements 1/2/3) commissioned by TENET Vocal Artists
Act II (movements 4 and 5 with interludes) commissioned by Backshore Artists’ Project and  Music from Angel Fire
*Act 1 has been premiered. Act II will premiere in Summer 2025.

Terra Infirma* (2025)

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

Two Etudes for Clarinet (from New 32) (2024)

Bb Clarinet (5 min; 2 mmts)

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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