Sarah Reid

Background

Sally Reid was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas in Austin.

Career

She served on the music faculty at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas beginning in 1969 and became Chair of the Department of Music there in 1979. She became Department Chair at Lipscomb University in 2008. Reid served as editor of the International League of Women Composers (ILWC) Journal from 1991-1995 and as president of the International Alliance for Women in music from 1999-2000.

She appeared in the film The Devil and Daniel Johnston in 2005.

Achievements

• She won a composition prize from Mu Phi Epsilon, a number of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) awards, and first prize at the Fifth International Festival of Women Composers at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1998.