Jenny Snyder Kozoroz enjoys a distinguished career that blends performance, education, administration, and advocacy. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, she earned her Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from The Ohio State University and her Master of Music from The Juilliard School, where she was a student of the legendary Karen Tuttle.
Displaying a rich performing career, Kozoroz has held prominent positions including Assistant Principal Violist with the Virginia Symphony, Associate Principal Violist with the Asheville Symphony, Principal Violist with the Amarillo Symphony, and has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Columbus Symphony, (OH) ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and New World Symphony.
A passionate chamber musician, Mrs. Kozoroz has performed and recorded with the Harrington String Quartet, Virginia Chamber Players, Ritz Chamber Players, Manhattan Virtuosi, and was violist and founding member of the Ambrosia String Trio which has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad. She also is co-founder of Steeplechasers, a chamber music series celebrating the rich history of Wisconsin’s sacred spaces.
An enthusiastic educator, Mrs. Kozoroz has been on the faculties of Old Dominion University, Denison University, West Texas A&M, Brevard College, and Christopher Newport University, and has also taught at the Harlem School for the Arts where she was a member of the active mentoring ensemble, the West Side String Quartet. Kozoroz also was the Director and Viola Instructor of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra award winning Progressions program, and continues to be a strong advocate and advisor for the Sphinx Organization which focuses on the mentoring, increased representation, and development of underrepresented classical musicians. She has also served on several summer festival faculties including the Sewanee Music Festival, The New England Music Camp, and the Brevard Music Center, of which she was also the Program Director.
Currently, Mrs. Kozoroz serves as Assistant Professor of Viola at the Lawrence Conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin, where she leads a vibrant and collaborative viola studio. Whether on stage or in the teaching studio, she is devoted to helping students discover confidence, artistry, and joy along their musical journey.
In her spare time, she enjoys writing, singing, and hiking with her family, playing with her big boned dog, Maddy, and has even appeared in a few music videos as well.
Mrs. Kozoroz plays on a 1983 Helmuth Keller, and can be heard on the Albany, Centaur and Summit record labels,