Reena Esmail

Reena Esmail (born 11 February 1983) is an Indian-American music composer of Indian and Western classical music.[1]

Esmail has been commissioned to compose pieces for ensembles including Amherst College Choir and Orchestra,[2] Santa Fe Pro Musica,[3] Conspirare,[4] Los Angeles Master Chorale,[5]

Honors and awards
  • United States Artist Fellow in Music 2019[1]
  • S&R Foundation Washington Award Grand Prize 2019[6]
  • Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Citizen Artist Fellow 2017-2018[7]
  • Two ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (2002, 2007)[8]
  • Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2012[9]
  • INK Fellow 2011[10]
  • Winner in the MTAC-WLA Chamber Music Competition for piano performance[11]
  • Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Scholar 2011-2012[12]

Works

Esmail composes for orchestra, solo instrument, chamber ensemble, and voice. Works include Barso Re (2010) for Yale Sur et Veritaal, Yale's Hindi a cappella organization.[13]

References
  1. "United States Artists » Reena Esmail".
  2. "Amherst Tuning In: 19th Amendment Commission | Calendar of Events | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu.
  3. "Pro Musica announces 2020-21 Season – Santa Fe Pro Musica".
  4. "The Singing Guitar | Conspirare". 18 September 2020.
  5. Los Angeles Master Chorale. "Reena Esmail". lamasterchorale.org.
  6. "The S&R Washington Award Winners | S&R Foundation". sandrfoundation.org.
  7. "Citizen Artist Fellows of The Kennedy Center 2017-2018 | Kennedy Center". www.kennedy-center.org.
  8. Sheridanon, Molly (2002-06-04). "To Be Young and Talented: 2002 Morton Gould Young Composer Award Winners | New Music USA". Nmbx.newmusicusa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  9. "Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters".
  10. "Stories, Ideas and Perspectives | 300+ Inspirational talks by remarkable people from INK events -". inktalks.com.
  11. The Instrumentalist, Volume 57, Issues 1-6. Association for the Advancement of Instrumental Music. 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  12. "USIEF". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  13. "Music". Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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