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Reena Esmail

Composer

Soprano

Chuti Hui Jagah (soprano+piano) (2015)

version for soprano and piano (10min; 3 mmts)
commissioned by Colin Davin for Millenial Music Festival

Dhire Dhire (version for soprano and piano trio) (2022)

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

I Rise: Women in Song (4-voice+single instruments) (2016)

version for women’s chorus, string quintet, flute and harp (25 min, 5 mmts)
commissioned by Lehigh University Choral Arts, Sun Min Lee, conductor

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

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

Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -Piano Quintet (2019)

version for Hindustani singer, soprano and piano quintet (21min; 3mmts)
commissioned by SongFest for Saili Oak

new cantata for soprano and chamber ensemble* (2024)

soprano, piano trio and flute (20 min)
commissioned by TENET Vocal Artists
*this work is not yet completed

new song cycle for soprano and orchestra* (2023)

for soprano and orchestra
*this work is not yet completed

Quarantine Madrigals (2020)

solo voice or choir (15 min: 8 mmts)
commissioned by Conspirare
new text by Amy Fogerson

Rosa de Sal (2020)

soprano and piano
commissioned by Nirav Kamdar

Say Your Name (2022)

solo soprano, choir and orchestra (~30 min)
commissioned by Amherst College; Arianne Abela, conductor
libretto by Rebecca Gayle Howell

The History Of Red (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

This Love Between Us, mmt 5 (soprano/tenor/piano version) (2023)

version for soprano, tenor and piano (5 min)
arranged from Hinduism movement of This Love Between Us

This Love Between Us, mmt 5 (Trio Version) (2020)

version for soprano/mezzo, violin and piano (5 min)
arranged from 5th movement of This Love Between Us

Two Tones (soprano+oboe+English horn) (2007)

version for soprano, oboe, English horn and piano (5 min)

Who makes a clearing (2022)

soprano, violin and cello (8 min)
commissioned by friends of New Music USA, in honor of Frederick Peters

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