REID, Leah

Leah Reid is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. In recent reviews, her works have been described as “immersive,” “haunting,” and “shimmering.” She has received numerous awards and honors, including the American Prize in Composition—Vocal Chamber Music, first prizes in the KLANG! International Electroacoustic Composition Competition and the Tesselat Electronic Music Competition, IAWM’s Pauline Oliveros Prize, second prizes in the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition and the 13th International Destellos Competition, the Film Score Award in Frame Dance Productions’ Music Composition Competition, and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the Ucross Foundation, the VCCA, and the Hambidge Center. She has worked with ensembles such as Accordant Commons, Blow Up Percussion, Ensemble Móbile, Guerilla Opera, Jack Quartet, Neave Trio, Sound Gear, Talea, and Yarn/Wire. Her compositions have been presented at festivals, conferences, and in major venues throughout the world, including Aveiro_Síntese, BEAST FEaST, EviMus, Forgotten Spaces: EuroMicrofest, ICMC, IRCAM’s ManiFeste, LA Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight, the Matera Intermedia Festival, NYCEMF, the SF Tape Music Festival, Série de Música de Câmara, SMC, the Tilde New Music Festival, TIES, and WOCMAT, among many others. Reid received her D.M.A from Stanford University. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. www.leahreidmusic.com