HI!

I’m Maggie, a musician, artist, and programmer based in Connecticut. In May of 2O24, I received a B.A. in Computing and the Arts with a concentration in music as well as a minor in Education Studies from Yale University.

I’ve since worked as Producer at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts & Media (CCAM) and am now Program Administrator of the Chubb Fellowship. I’m also an artist with Five Points Arts’ Launchpad program and a 2O25-2O26 CCAM Studio Fellow.

I began conducting and composing music in college, often writing for full orchestra, TV/film, or electronics. I served as Assistant Conductor and Co-President of the Davenport Pops Orchestra, Yale’s largest and entirely student-run orchestra. I was Music Director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra’s 2O23 Halloween Show, the university’s largest concert of the year. In 2O22, I also music directed and conducted five (sold out!) shows of In the Heights. A founding member of Yale’s film education club called The Cinemat, I’ve enjoyed working on film projects with friends for fun.

In all of my work I aim to expand accessibility to music and arts education. As a creative programmer, I’m most interested in generative music and art as well as creating projects for interactive and/or live performance. As a recent graduate figuring it all out, I’m enjoying jewelry-making and public libraries. My favorite book this year is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

ARTIST BIO

Maggie Schnyer (b. Torrington, CT 2002) works at the intersection of music, sculpture, and technology. Inspired most by events in nature, history books, language and memory, her creative work is often accompanied by a written research component. Her hands-on approach to composition treats sonic, coded, and literal material all like physical building blocks. Schnyer earned a BA in Computer Science and Music from Yale University in 2024 with a minor in Education Studies. She spent her undergraduate years as Assistant Conductor and Co-President of the Davenport Pops Orchestra, Yale’s largest musical ensemble. She has shown work or performed as part of exhibitions at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale School of Art, Five Points Annex Gallery, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, and Threeiota Gallery. She was awarded the Joseph L. Selden Award from Yale in 2023 for her “notable contribution in the field of music.” Her senior thesis was an interactive sound art installation built in a 20-camera Vicon motion capture system——the first of its kind.