Notable composers who have written for Esprit include John Burke, Alexina Louie, John Rea, Chan Ka-Nin, Murray Schafer, Owen Underhill, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and John Beckwith.
[3] This resulted in McPhee receiving posthumous Juno Award nominations for Best Classical Composition for "Symphony No.
The orchestra has also participated in film recordings for directors such as Larry Weinstein, Don McKellar, Jeremy Podeswa, Don McBrearty and Deepa Mehta.
In October 2009, Esprit began to perform in the Koerner Hall and has since called it home.
Three of the orchestra's commercial recordings have been nominated for Juno Awards.