Saili Oak

Saili has lent her vocals to the tracks ‘Samay’ and ‘To Zion’ on Trevor Hall’s album ’KALA’. Above is a still from a live performance of ‘Samay’ with Trevor Hall at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in CO

Reena Esmail & Saili Oak co-hosted the release event of their album ‘Beyond’ at the Rosebud Coffee in Pasadena, CA. Saili performed some of the pieces from the album with Salastina Music Society and the concert was followed by a social hour.

Artistic Director of Salastina Music Society write about how the chamber music is a beautiful, cogent, living metaphor for human relationships at their best.

A program of contemporary song featuring the 2019 Sorel Commission “My Sister’s Voice”, a three movement 'double concerto' for soprano & Hindustani singer with piano & string quartet by Reena Esmail featuring Salli Oak and Robin Steitz.

Saili gave an opening performance at the 'Mahesh Kale Live’ concert in San Diego, organized by Spica Global Arts

Songs for Hindustani Vocalist, Soprano and Sinfonietta is a product of the Tucker’s growing fascination with Indian Classical singing. She began working with acclaimed vocalist Saili Oak in 2016, and couldn’t wait for the opportunity to create a big project with her. Three Songs would not have been possible without her guidance, open-mindedness and long, long phone calls. The project, premiere at the University of Texas Austin in 2018, and Saili’s residency of singing workshops were generously funded by the Richard E. Rainwater Award for American Music and the South Asia Institute of the University of Texas.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), in collaboration with Four Larks, presents SESSION, an innovative performance experience curated by composer and LACO Artist Educator Derrick Spiva Jr and designed to explore classical music’s cutting-edge sounds and challenge traditional concert-going expectations…. Acclaimed Hindustani vocalist Saili Oak demonstrates her tremendous versatility, performing in Hindustani classical style on Spiva’s and Esmail’s works and in Finnish on Brown’s.

The court is an immersive experience centered around live classical Indian music in the most intimate of settings. Curated to facilitate a deep experience for everyone present, the artists draw their inspiration from the meditative silence of the audiences attention.

Introspective. Dedicated. Fiercely Determined. That’s Saili Oak, a young, talented vocalist from the Jaipur gharana. We had a series of free-wheeling conversations with her about her Guru Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, and her journey of self-discovery through music.

The American Music Festival gives voice to beautiful music that would otherwise never be heard. The Albany Symphony's main stage program includes three world premieres, including Meri Sakhi ki Avaaz, a Concerto for Hindustani vocalist and orchestra by Reena Esmail. 2018 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Reena Esmail, composes music that connects the great musical traditions of India and the West. Reena, Hindustani vocalist Saili Oak have been working together to create beautiful music that bridges Hindustani classical music to the 21st century orchestra.

Tonality presented a piece composed by composer, Reena Esmail, "This Love Between Us" (Movement VI) at the "Put Your Guns Down" Reprise Concert at First Congregational Church on January 7th, 2018. This piece is also featured on Tonality’s album ‘Sing About It’ to be released on February 1, 2019.