Composer Dr. Sally Reid was born in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1948. She holds the Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and is Professor of Music at Abilene Christian University where she served for eleven years as Department Chair. She was editor of the ILWC Journal from 1991-1995 and served as President of the International Alliance for Women in Music from 1999-2001.

Reid has received annual ASCAP awards since 1987. Her commissions include works for the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, Alaska Brass, and the Donne in Musica: Gli Incontri al Borgo symposium in Fiuggi, Italy.  Her Jesus, Redeemer, Messiah audio was featured on the Vatican Jubilee 2000 website and was performed in Rome six times during the Jubilee year.

Dr. Reid has written music for several recent historical documentaries, including Dry Gulcher Down, Upon the Wings of a Tiger, and To Have, To Hold: the story of British War Brides (Old Segundo Productions).  Her sound installation, A Common Thread, was presented in February and March 2005 during the Shore Gallery exhibition Iron Apronstrings by artist Jill Maxwell. Reid’s compositions are published by Hildegard Publishing, Southern Music and Elm Creek Music.