Now at Copland House

Ushering in the warm weather here at Copland House is Leah Reid. Leah is a composer, sound artist, researcher, and educator, whose wide-ranging works include opera, chamber, and vocal music, acousmatic and electroacoustic compositions, and interactive sound installations. Recipient of a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, she has also won the American Prize, first prizes in the International “New Vision” Composition Competition, KLANG! International Electroacoustic Composition Competition, Musicworks’ Electronic Music Competition, Sound of the Year’s “Composed with Sound” Award, the Pauline Oliveros Award, and prizes in the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition. She has also received fellowships from the Hambidge Center, MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ucross Foundation, and Yaddo. Her compositions have been presented at festivals, conferences, and major venues throughout the world, including Aveiro Síntese (Portugal), BEAST FEaST (England), Espacios Sonoros (Argentina), EviMus (Germany), ICMC (USA, Ireland, & Chile), IRCAM’s ManiFeste (France), Los Angeles Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight (USA), Matera Intermedia Festival (Italy), Série de Música de Câmara (Brazil), Tilde New Music Festival (Australia), and WOCMAT (Taiwan), among many others. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition at the University of Virginia.