Member, Commission on Accreditation
Elected November 2023, term ends November 2026
Charles “Skip” Snead currently serves as the Director of the Music School and Professor of Horn at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, having served in both roles for 20 years. Under his direction, the School of Music at the University of Alabama has grown significantly in student enrollment, faculty numbers, building additions, and endowment income. As a performer, he has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, with appearances in Egypt, Romania, The United Kingdom, and Cuba, in addition to regional horn workshops and International Horn Society Summer Symposia. He has been a featured artist with ensembles including the Alexandria Symphony in Alexandria, Egypt; the State Orchestra of Romania; the British Horn Society; the Monroe Symphony; the Macon Symphony; the Tuscaloosa Symphony; and Shreveport Summer Music Festival Orchestras.
In addition to the above, Professor Snead performs with the internationally recognized ensemble, the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet. The TAHQ has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has been a featured ensemble at events and venues including the Britten-Pears Festival in Aldeburgh, England, the Royal Wigmore Hall in London, the British Horn Society Festival, and the International Horn Society Summer Symposium. He has recorded with the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet, the Classic Brass, the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble, and has solo recordings available on compact disc issued by Centaur Records, Albany Records and MSR Classics. Professor Snead has given master classes throughout the United States and Europe and serves on the executive board of The International Horn Competition of America. He has served a five-year term on the Center for the International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Senior Specialists Peer Review Committee.
Professor Snead has served as member of the NASM Nominating Committee.
Professor Snead holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Music degree from Jacksonville University.
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Updated December 2023