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Reena Esmail

Composer

The first month of 2018 felt like a year!

March 22, 2018 by admin

I spent most of last month finishing my new piece for Chicago Sinfonietta (for a March 11/12 premier in Chicago!) I was finally able to take a few months off writing last summer after writing… Read More

The Month of California — January 2017

January 16, 2018 by admin

Even though I love that my work takes me to so many different places, it has been such a treat to have so many things happening in my home state this month! I lived in… Read More

KSU Residency, collaboration with Zakir Hussain and Kronos Quartet, and #MessiahProject17 — December 2017

December 5, 2017 by admin

2017 was the wildest travel year of my life — I just completed my last travels of the year a few days ago! Since January, I’ve been on 25 trips to 18 different cities, including… Read More

9.2.16

September 2, 2016 by admin

Hi Friends! Just a quick one to let you know that I finally caved in and have a professional page on Facebook. It’s way easier to stay up to date there, so for the most… Read More

11.16.2015

November 17, 2015 by admin

Excited to have been the subject of this mini-documentary about using technology to compose for the PC rebranding campaign PC Does What

6.5.2015

June 6, 2015 by admin

Next season is shaping up to be very exciting! Here are some of the highlights: I will be doing three very different residencies next season: I will be the Composer in Residence for Concerts on… Read More

5.28.2015

May 28, 2015 by admin

What a spring it’s been! The projects I announced in the last post are almost reaching completion. I’m writing this in the midst of listening to the final cuts of my dance suite for AtticRep’s… Read More

4.28.2015

April 28, 2015 by admin

In addition to being a composer, I am also a Co-Artistic Director of Shastra, an organization that cultivates the work of musicians who connect Indian and Western musical traditions. Last Sunday, we hosted the first… Read More

2.13.15

February 14, 2015 by admin

It’s been an exciting 2015 so far! I am working on three pieces premiering this spring: Pasadena Master Chorale has commissioned a large, evening-length work that will premier on June 29th, 2015 at CalTech. Continuing… Read More

12.9.14

December 9, 2014 by admin

Every time the holidays roll around, I always daydream about arranging Christmas carols. This season I finally had the chance to make it happen! Last night, the Pasadena Master Chorale and the PMC Student Singers… Read More

11.22.14

November 22, 2014 by admin

Last Friday, I was part of a Street Symphony concert for the first time. Street Symphony is an incredible organization, made up of some of Los Angeles’s top musicians, who take music into jails and… Read More

11.8.14

November 8, 2014 by admin

Last week I returned from a whirlwind trip to the east coast — we had three days of recording bansuri, sarangi and tabla for “Radha” (a film by Rupeshi Shah). Then I went up to… Read More

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