Reena Esmail Explained

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

Esmail has been commissioned to compose pieces for ensembles including Amherst College Choir and Orchestra,^[1] Santa Fe Pro Musica,^[2] Conspirare,^[3] Los Angeles Master Chorale,^[4]

Honors and awards

• United States Artist Fellow in Music 2019^[5]
• 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amherst Tuning In: 19th Amendment Commission | Calendar of Events | Amherst College. www.amherst.edu.
2. Web site: Pro Musica announces 2020-21 Season – Santa Fe Pro Musica.
3. Web site: The Singing Guitar | Conspirare. 18 September 2020 .
4. Web site: Reena Esmail. Los Angeles Master Chorale. lamasterchorale.org.
5. Web site: United States Artists » Reena Esmail.
6. Web site: The S&R Washington Award Winners | S&R Foundation. sandrfoundation.org.
7. Web site: Citizen Artist Fellows of The Kennedy Center 2017-2018 | Kennedy Center. www.kennedy-center.org.
8. Web site: Sheridanon . Molly . To Be Young and Talented: 2002 Morton Gould Young Composer Award Winners | New Music USA . Nmbx.newmusicusa.org . 2002-06-04 . 2021-06-29.
9. Web site: Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters.
10. Web site: Stories, Ideas and Perspectives | 300+ Inspirational talks by remarkable people from INK events -. inktalks.com.
11. Book: The Instrumentalist, Volume 57, Issues 1-6. Association for the Advancement of Instrumental Music. 2002. 11 November 2010.
12. Web site: USIEF . 2012-03-10 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220726/http://www.usief.org.in/2011-2012%20Fellows/us_integration/Fulbright-Nehru-Student-Research-Program/Reena%20Esmail.html . dead .
13. Web site: Music. 23 October 2010.