Ellen Reid (composer)

Ellen Reid (born 1983) is an American composer originally from Oak Ridge, Tennessee who lives and works in New York City and Los Angeles. Reid is a multi-genre composer whose work spans classical, opera, sound installations, film scores, avant-pop, ensemble and choral writing. She is known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, p r i s m, Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK and her work with various orchestras, including the album isomonstrosity. Early life Reid grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. writing incidental music for plays and scoring films. Her inspiration began with the sounds of her environment. After college, she lived in Thailand for two and a half years, working and learning alongside Thai musicians writing operatic works that draw from both Western and Thai traditions. Career Classical Reid’s work has been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, RTÉ, American Composers Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, and other institutions around the world. Reid is the first person to have been commissioned by and have world premieres by all four of Los Angeles’s major classical music institution