Trevor Reed, Founder and Executive Director, HMRP
Trevor Reed (Hopi) began his career in the performing arts as a double bassist and composer. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) with a Bachelors degree in music composition. As an undergraduate, Reed established the School of Music Student Association at BYU, an organization that provides performance and networking opportunities for students, now in its sixth year. At the same time, Reed worked as copy editor and layout designer for BYU’s Eagle’s Eye magazine, the University’s premiere publication advancing knowledge about multicultural issues. Following his graduation from BYU, Reed held the position of artistic and operations coordinator for the Utah Symphony & Opera and the Deer Valley Music Festival and also maintained an active freelance composition and performance career.
Reed is currently a Faculty Fellow in ethnomusicology at Columbia University and is in his first year of tenure as a Ford Foundation Fellow with the National Academies of Sciences. He received his masters degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University’s Teachers College. Recently, Reed co-coordinated research activities at Columbia’s Research Center for Arts and Culture during its recent study, Taking Note: A Study of Composers and New Music Activity in the United States. His current areas of research include repatriation and revival of indigenous music, urban indigenous identities and performance, and music entrepreneurship.
Reed’s compositions have received awards from the Vera Hinckley Mayhew Composition Contest and the Laycock Center for Creative Collaboration. Reed’s research has received grants from the First Nations Composer Initiative and the Lynn Reyer Award for Tribal Community Development. Reed currently serves on the boards of the Hopi Tribe Grants and Scholarships Program and the First Nations Composer Initiative.
