Current Positions

• Nyack Christian College in New York City – Artist-in-Residence
• Manhattan School of Music - Teacher

Former Positions

• Houston Grand Opera - Music Director and Composer-in-Residence
• City University of New York – professor of music
• Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music (NYU Tisch School of the Arts) - faculty
• Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters – professor of music
• Opera Noire – Music Director
• The Juilliard School – staff accompanist
• Jazz at Lincoln Center – artistic consultant

 Current Activities

• Manhattan School of Music - guest lecturer
• Yale University School of Music – guest lecturer
• Atlanta Music Festival at Emory University – recital with Jessye Norman

Recent Activities

• Aix-en-Provence – recital with Jessye NormanChicago Theater - recital Aretha Franklin
  Lyric Opera of Chicago – recital with Lawrence Brownlee & Eric Owens
• St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Minneapolis Symphony
• University of Albany – premiere of Nkeiru Okoye’s new opera Harriet Tubman
• University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra
• Opera Ebony (reengagements)
• Opera Noire (reengagements)
• Alice Tully Hall – solo piano debut

Endeavors

• Lyric Opera of Chicago – composer for Empower Youth! opera creation partnership
• Created Damien Sneed Performing Arts Institute
• Created LeChateau Earl Records

Noteworthy

• Sphinx Medal of Excellence (2014)
   

Artist Website: www.damiensneed.com