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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

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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Email: manager@reenaesmail.com

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