Leah Reid is a composer, sound artist, researcher, and educator, whose works range from opera, chamber, and vocal music, to acousmatic, electroacoustic works, and interactive sound installations. Her primary research interests involve 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, 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. Reid has worked with and received commissions from ensembles such as Accordant Commons, Blow Up Percussion, the Boston New Music Initiative Ensemble, Concavo & Convesso, Ensemble Móbile, Excelsis, Guerilla Opera, JACK Quartet, McGill’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, Neave Trio, the Piedmont Duo, Sound Gear, Talea, and Yarn/Wire. Her compositions have been presented at festivals, conferences, and in major venues throughout the world. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Computer Technologies at the University of Virginia. www.leahreid.com