An accomplished singer, pianist, and cellist she was named an Emerging Artist by the Canada Council for the Arts, who awarded her a full professional artist grant in 2008. Beyond the realm of film, Lydia has written music for the concert hall, art installations, contemporary dance performances, pieces for live electronics, as well as jingles (recently for Nikon and Centrum). She earned her Masters degree in composition at New York University's film scoring program, and her Bachelors degree in composition from McGill University. Lydia is based in NYC and Toronto. Her score for Dir. Matthew Lessner's feature The Woods will premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival.