Dr. Courtney Snyder is Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Conducting at the University of Michigan where she conducts the Concert Band, teaches undergraduate and graduate instrumental conducting, assists in administrating the Michigan Bands program, and directs the Michigan Youth Symphonic Band. Previously, Dr. Snyder served as the Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and was Music Director for the Nebraska Wind Symphony. An active guest conductor and clinician both nationally and internationally, Snyder is a contributing author to the book The Horizon Leans Forward: Stories of Courage, Strength, and Triumph of Underrepresented Communities in the Wind Band Field and is published in several journals including The Instrumentalist and NAfME’s Music Educators Journal. She’s received awards from Tau Beta Sigma, National Band Association, Women Band Directors International and The American Prize.
La Dre Courtney Snyder est directrice associée des ensembles à vent et professeure agrégée de direction à l’Université du Michigan. Elle y dirige l’harmonie de concert, enseigne la direction instrumentale aux premier et deuxième cycles, participe à l’administration du programme Michigan Bands et dirige le Michigan Youth Symphonic Band. Auparavant, elle a été directrice adjointe des ensembles à vent et directrice des fanfares sportives à l’Université du Nebraska à Omaha, ainsi que directrice musicale du Nebraska Wind Symphony. Chef invitée et clinicienne active aux niveaux national et international, elle est auteure contributrice de l’ouvrage The Horizon Leans Forward: Stories of Courage, Strength, and Triumph of Underrepresented Communities in the Wind Band Field et a publié dans plusieurs revues, dont The Instrumentalist et le Music Educators Journal. Elle a reçu des distinctions de Tau Beta Sigma, de la National Band Association, de Women Band Directors International et de The American Prize.
