Composer
Kate Reid
Biography
Kate Reid, composer
A versatile actress, composer, and performer, Kate Reid was born in Bowral, NSW, in 1948.
On leaving school, Reid studied piano in Paris under Mme Bascouret de Gueraldi of the Ecole Normale before returning home to complete a BA at Sydney University where she studied composition with Peter Sculthorpe and Eric Gross. Shortly after, Reid married and raised a family in Southern NSW, where her aesthetic sensibility was formed by the sights and sounds of the Australian bush. In 1977 she returned to Sydney to embark upon an acting career and this new direction provided opportunities to write music for theatre, cabaret, film, television and radio. An accomplished pianist, Reid has performed her own compositions at concert venues in Australia, Ireland, and Croatia. Her music has been performed and recorded in France, Korea and Australia. In June 2017 she completed her Master of Music (Composition) under the supervision of Paul Stanhope at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney.