Ellen Reid
b. 1983
American
Summary
Ellen Reid is one of the most innovative artists of her generation. A composer and sound artist whose breadth of work spans opera, sound design, film scoring, ensemble and choral writing, she was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera, p r i s m.
In collaboration with composer Missy Mazzoli, Ellen co-founded the Luna Composition Lab. Luna Lab is a mentorship program for young female, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming composers. During the 2022-2023 season, Reid serves as Composer-in-Residence with New Mexico Philharmonic and is Contemporary Music Chair for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
In 2020, she created Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK, an ongoing work of public art that reimagines city parks as interactive soundscapes. SOUNDWALK premiered in New York’s Central Park, featuring the New York Philharmonic, and continues to expand to parks around the world, fostering collaborations with ensembles such as Kronos Quartet and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Ellen received her BFA from Columbia College, Columbia University and her MA from California Institute of the Arts. She is inspired by music from all over the globe, and she splits her time between her two favorite cities – Los Angeles and New York.
News
Performances
29th July 2023
- PERFORMERS
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Anna Rakitina
- LOCATION
- Koussevitzky Music Shed Tanglewood, Lenox, MA, United States of America
30th July 2023
- PERFORMERS
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Anna Rakitina
- LOCATION
- Tanglewood, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA, United States of America
30th July 2023
- PERFORMERS
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Anna Rakitina
- LOCATION
- Koussevitzky Music Shed Tanglewood, Lenox, MA, United States of America
16th March 2024
- The Shell TrialWorld Premiere
- SOLOISTS
- The Law/The Artist, Julia Bullock; The Government, Claire Barnett-Jones; The CEO, Audun Iversen; The Consumer, Anthony Leon
- PERFORMERS
- Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor
- CONDUCTOR
- Manoj Kamps
- LOCATION
- Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18th March 2024
- SOLOISTS
- The Law/The Artist, Julia Bullock; The Government, Claire Barnett-Jones; The CEO, Audun Iversen; The Consumer, Anthony Leon
- PERFORMERS
- Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor
- CONDUCTOR
- Manoj Kamps
- LOCATION
- Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Features
- New Opera Highlights from Wise Music Classical
- Wise Music Classical invites you to explore new highlights from our opera catalogue. In these recent and upcoming premieres, new productions, and premiere recordings, our composers and their creative collaborators explore subjects ranging from the historical (Hadrian, X: The Life and Times of Malcom X, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) to the futuristic (Oryx and Crake), the fantastic (El Ultimo Sueño de Frida y Diego, Florencia en el Amazonas, Die Kinder des Sultans) to the thoroughly contemporary (Grounded, Blue, Innocence, The Shell Trial). Threaded throughout these works are perennial themes of loss, longing, magic, art-making, and community.