Artists
Kimberly Snaufer
As
a concert artist, Kimberly Snaufer has performed solo, chamber and
orchestral repertoire in the United States and
 Canada.
She has performed with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra for
Houston’s Theatre Under The Arts, the Shreveport Orchestra, the Dallas Wind
Symphony and the Fort Worth Symphony. Canadian concerts include appearances
with the Mississauga Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Opera in
Concert. Her performances have involved working under the batons of
Christoph Eschenbach, Zdenek Macal and Robert Shaw. In addition to her
classical performances, Ms Snaufer has played in orchestras accompanying
Frank Sinatra, Jr., Bernadette Peters, Ray Charles, The Moody Blues, The Oak
Ridge Boys and Reba McIntyre.M s. Snaufer received her Bachelors of Arts from Southern Methodist University under the direction of Susan Dederich - Pejovich and completed her graduate work at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto under the direction of Judy Loman. Upon completion of her graduate studies, she remained at the Conservatory teaching harp, piano and theory.I n 1992, Kimberly Snaufer returned to Houston where she remains in demand as a free-lance performer and private instructor. In addition to her private studio, Ms. Snaufer has been an Affiliate Artist at Houston Baptist University since 1998. She was the President of Houston’s San Jacinto Chapter of the American Harp Society (1996-98), the co-director of the Southwest Regional Conference for the Amer. Harp Society (1997) and has conducted workshops for the Gulf Coast Harpers Regional Conferences. In the summer of 2000, Ms. Snaufer directed the first annual Houston Baptist University Summer Harp Festival.M s. Snaufer recorded, directed and produced her latest recording, "Tidings of Joy". This Christmas collection includes appearances by Houston musicians Ema Armanious, Jeffrey Butler, Josue Casillas, Marc Garvin, Alecia Lawyer and Elizabeth McKenna Greenberg. |