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FAQ/Resources
…if you would like to read it. Patrick Murray’s dissertation “Composing ‘Community:’ Social practice composition and the performance of community in choral works by Reena Esmail, Julia Wolfe, and David…
India
…Common Ground: Uniting Practices in works for Hindustani and Western Art Musicians” explored the methods and challenges of collaboration between Hindustani musicians and Western composers. Reena is the Co-Artistic Director…
Jhula Jhule (clarinet)
…culture in my American surroundings. As a composer, I’ve often quoted from pieces I love (mostly by other western composers, and more recently from Hindustani bandishes). But this is the…
Community Songbook (free download)
Description The community songbook is a collection of songs and short pieces that I’ve written over the years for communities. This collection is licensed under Creative Commons, and is available…
Malhaar: A Requiem for Water
…perform her music, but also amongst the artists and the audience at any given concert. Craig Byrd “Reena Esmail and her Water Music” Cultural Attache feature (March 24, 2023) Composer…
Bio
Indian-American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music, and brings communities together through the creation of equitable musical spaces. Esmail’s life and music was profiled…
Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -Piano Quintet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPXugXA8rUs Premiere performance at SongFest 2019 — Sorel Commission Robin Steitz, soprano; Saili Oak, Hindustani singer Maia Jasper White, Joel Pargman, violins Joshua Newburger, viola; Yoshika Masuda, cello; Phillip Matsuura,…
Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) -chamber orchestra
…as the phrases cross from one into the other. Also embedded in this piece is a classic Hindustani jugalbandi (a musical competition) that is done completely in mirror image, and…
Jhula Jhule (cello)
…no real resonance for my Indian culture in my American surroundings. As a composer, I’ve often quoted from pieces I love (mostly by other western composers, and more recently from…
Jhula Jhule (violin)
…real resonance for my Indian culture in my American surroundings. As a composer, I’ve often quoted from pieces I love (mostly by other western composers, and more recently from Hindustani…
The Light is the Same (trio version)
…piano) Press/Reviews “Especially compelling was “The Light Is the Same” by the Indian-American composer Reena Esmail. She took as her inspiration lines of the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi: “Religions are…
