A composer, sound artist and educator whose works range from opera, chamber and vocal music to acousmatic, electroacoustic works and interactive sound installations, Leah Reid researches the perception, modeling and compositional applications of timbre. 

Winner of a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, Reid has also won the American Prize, first prizes in the International “New Vision” Composition Competition, the KLANG! International Electroacoustic Composition Competition, and Musicworks’ Electronic Music Competition. Other select awards include Sound of the Year’s Composed with Sound Award, the International Alliance for Women in Music’s Pauline Oliveros Award and second prizes in the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition and the International Destellos Competition. She has received fellowships from the Copland House, Hambidge Center, MacDowell, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Ucross Foundation and Yaddo. 

Her compositions have been presented at festivals, conferences and in major venues throughout the world, including Aveiro_Síntese (Portugal), BEAST FEaST (England), Espacios Sonoros (Argentina), EviMus (Germany), Forgotten Spaces: EuroMicrofest (Germany), the International Computer Music Conference (United States, Ireland and Chile), IRCAM’s ManiFeste (France), the L.A. Philharmonic's “Noon to Midnight,” the Matera Intermedia Festival (Italy), the New York City Electronic Music Festival and the OUA Electroacoustic Music Festival (Japan), among many others. 

Reid received her D.M.A. and M.A. in music composition from Stanford University and her bachelor’s degree from McGill University. 

She joined the College as a general faculty member in 2017 and is transitioning to a tenure-track appointment this fall. As an assistant professor, Reid will teach courses in music composition and technology. For additional information, visit www.leahreid.com.