Reena Esmail

Composer

9.2.16

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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