“Surging flurries of brass and ecstatic vocal declamations…
the sound world resulting from the fusion is different from anything else in the choral genre”
”Giv[ing] one's undivided attention to Exaltations…reaps fulsome rewards”
–Ron Schepper, textura
“The performance and recording are first class”
–Michael Doleschell, theWholeNote
“An uplifting and complex experience, here recorded to perfection…
Esmail has set a new standard for the combination of voices and brass.”
–Jeremy Shatan, AnEarful
Reena Esmail: EXALTATIONS
Cathedral Choral Society
Steven Fox, conductor
Katelyn Grace Jackson – soprano soloist
Matthew Newhouse – tenor soloist
Aryssa Leigh Burrs – mezzo soloist
Mark Hughes – French Horn
Daniel Taubenheim – Trumpet
Kristopher Westrich – Trumpet
Austin Westjohn – Trombone
Zach Bridges – Tuba
Exaltations, Reena Esmail (b. 1984)
Track 1
I. Hosanna
Track 2
II. Alleluia
Track 3
III. Gloria
Total Time: 13:05
Album Release: August 8, 2025
Recorded March 11, 2024 at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Links: Cathedral Choral Society | Steven Fox | Reena Esmail | Cover Art | Press Release