Sally Johnston Reid
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Sally Johnston Reid is an American
music educator and composer
.
, and graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Austin
. She took a position as music teacher and became department chair at at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, and then moved to Lipscomb University. She won a composition prize from Mu Phi Epsilon, a number of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards, and first prize at the Fifth International Festival of Women Composers at Indiana University
of Pennsylvania
in 1998. Reid served as editor of the International League of Women Composers (ILWC) Journal from 1991–95 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.
United States
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music educator and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Biography
Sally Reid was born in East Liverpool, OhioOhio
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, and graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Austin
Austin
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. She took a position as music teacher and became department chair at at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, and then moved to Lipscomb University. She won a composition prize from Mu Phi Epsilon, a number of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards, and first prize at the Fifth International Festival of Women Composers at Indiana University
Indiana University
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of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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in 1998. Reid served as editor of the International League of Women Composers (ILWC) Journal from 1991–95 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.
Works
Selected works include:- Healing 1986, chamber opera
- A Carousel Fantasy for horn and chamber ensemble, 1993
- Note the Silence for horn and chamber ensemble, 1975
- Fiuggi Fanfare for saxophone quintet, 1998