Erin Murphy Snedecor

Erin Murphy Snedecor is a collaborative cellist who strives to forge new paths for interdisciplinary and multi genre art. Her work spans the realms of classical, contemporary, pop, rock, electroacoustic, and folk, and she would be hard pressed to pick a favorite.

A fervent advocate for new music, Erin engages in both the performing and leadership of two contemporary music ensembles. As cellist and Co-Director of Balance Campaign, the Maryland-based. ensemble commissions and performance of new works by composers who have been historically excluded from the classical canon. Balance Campaign is a recipient of the 2023 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning with composer Jeffrey Mumford and premiered his new work for mixed chamber ensemble in 2024.

Erin is also the cellist and Co-Director of earspace, a North Carolina-based contemporary ensemble that curates multi-sensory programs that live outside of the typical concert experience. earspace has been in residence at the UNC Chapel Hill and presented by Carolina Performing Arts. In 2019, the ensemble gave the North Carolina premiere of Hans Abrahamsen’s delicate masterwork, Schnee at The Fruit in Durham.

In addition to her classical projects, Erin is known for her ability to perform, compose, and arrange in a myriad of genres. Erin is a longstanding member of Annapolis indie rock band Pompeii Graffiti, appearing on 4 studio albums and performing in local and touring performances. She is also half of the indie/folk duo Black Rhinoceros, and a composer and songwriter as her solo moniker, Zooxanthellae. In 2021, Zooxanthellae released an eponymous EP of original electroacoustic pieces, available on Bandcamp.

Learn more about Erin and her projects at erinmurphysnedecor.com