HERS is an innovative, collaborative music ensemble dedicated to empowering and inspiring female-identifying artists, and promoting gender equity in classical music. Our mission is to reinvent how classical music is presented to invite the views of all artists, and allow modern audiences to be seen in the process, through a vision that is distinctly….hers.
Karen Hogle Brown
Reena Esmail
Leslie Stevens
Kayla Aguila
Zanaida Robles
Tamara Bevard
Our Next Event
HERS: Music Ensemble in Cabaret
Friday October 9, 2026, 7:30pm
Occidental College, Bird Studio
Come enjoy an evening with HERS in Cabaret, featuring all women composers, several LA natives featuring songs that bring us together or influenced by more popular styles of music.
“The HERS Ensemble dazzles with virtuosity and heart — their performances are a radiant celebration of power, artistry, and pure delight.”
—Stacy Brightman, Executive Director of The Ebell of LA
Reena Esmail’s The History of Red, with The Darshan Trio, Karen Hogle Brown and Kayla Aguila - as seen on YouTube with 80,000 views and counting
About creating this staging of The History of Red, from the inaugural performance