She has won numerous awards, including the International Alliance for Women in Music’s (IAWM) Pauline Oliveros Prize for her piece Pressure and the Film Score Award for Ring, Resonate, Resound in Frame Dance Productions’ Music Composition Competition. Her works are frequently performed throughout Europe and North America, with notable premieres by Accordant Commons, the Jack Quartet, McGill’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, Sound Gear, Talea and Yarn/Wire. Reid’s primary research interests involve the perception, modelling and compositional applications of timbre. In her works, timbre acts as a catalyst for exploring new soundscapes, time, space, perception and color. She received her DMA and MA in composition from Stanford University and her BMus from McGill University. Reid’s principal teachers include Mark Applebaum, Jonathan Berger, Brian Ferneyhough and Sean Ferguson. http://www.leahreidmusic.com