Reena Esmail

Composer-in-Residence at Street Symphony

Reena Esmail on KCRW

On this Cesar Chavez Day, we have a special broadcast of a live event we recently held at the Annenberg Performance Studio at KCRW.

A night of conversation and live music with Street Symphony

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