Violist Maggie Snyder is Professor of Viola at the University of Georgia, Principal Violist of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, with whom she records for Naxos, and is on the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Festival. She has performed solo recitals, chamber music, concertos and as an orchestral musician throughout the United States and abroad in such halls as the Kennedy and Kauffman Centers, all 3 halls at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Spivey Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center, and in Greece, Korea, and Russia. She was a semi-finalist of the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, made her recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with her sister duo, Allemagnetti in 2009. The group was called a "winning pair" with a "highly promising debut" by the New York Concert Review. She has performed chamber music with members of the Cleveland, Parker, Tokyo, and Jupiter Quartets, Jonathan Carney, David Coucheron, the Aspen String Trio, Jon Manassee, Ivo Van der Werff, Itamar Zorman, Peter Frankl and Orli Shaham, among others.

She has released four solo recordings since 2012 on the Arabesque Label and one collaborative recording with Michael Heald (violin), and Timothy Lovelace (piano) on Parma. All of her recordings feature world premiere works commissioned from Thomas Pasatieri, Garrett Byrnes, Kamran Ince, and Libby Larsen, and her most recent creative research focuses solely on the promotion of women composers. Her latest recording, released summer of 2023, Womens Writes is a celebration of the 2020 Centennial of Women’s Voting Rights through the commissioning of works for solo viola by American women. Commissions included on that recording are by Gabriela Lena Frank, Gity Razaz, Kirsten Volness, and Virginia Samuel.

In 2024 she will record her 6th album featuring past, present, and future works by women for viola, including new works by Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Tessa Lark, and a yet-to-be-determined award winner from her international call for scores. She has given masterclasses, clinics, performances, and lecture recitals at universities and music schools throughout the country and abroad, and has served on the faculties of West Virginia University, Ohio University, and the University of Alabama. She was the recipient of the 2018 University of Georgia’s Creative Research Medal in the Humanities and Arts and winner of the 2023 Sandy Beaver Teaching Award at the University of Georgia. Her recordings are available on all regular streaming platforms and more info can be found at here.