Jenn Goodner, Artistic Director
Jenn Goodner is pleased to be a part of the vibrant community of the Tapestry Singers. A resident of Austin for eighteen years, Goodner currently serves as a teaching artist at ZACH Performing Arts Academy and ZACH Pre-Professional Company. Goodner served on the choral music faculty at Westlake High School in the Eanes ISD from 2006-2021. At Westlake, she joyfully conducted several ensembles and directed the annual musical.
Prior to her appointment at Westlake, Goodner was Director of Choirs at Deerpark Middle School in Round Rock ISD, where she was named Teacher of the Year. Ms. Goodner has considerable experience with treble and women’s choirs, having been invited multiple times to serve as section leader for the Texas All-State Women’s Choir and as a clinician for region treble choirs. She has also has served on the faculties of University of Houston Music Camp and University of Texas Longhorn Music Camp.
Ms. Goodner is grateful for the women, music, and community that is Tapestry Singers and for the love and friendship of her dear colleague Andrea Snouffer with whom she has joyfully shared this journey.
When not working with choirs, Ms. Goodner enjoys spending time with her family. She and her husband Mark share three children: Tylar, Wilkes, and Graham. Wilkes and Graham are in high school and middle school in Austin, and Tylar lives in Oklahoma with her husband, Spencer. They share a love of music, the arts, and one another.
Andrea C. Snouffer, Principal Accompanist
Andrea C. Snouffer is excited and proud to be part of Tapestry Singers. In addition to her accompanying duties with Tapestry, Ms. Snouffer is the Head Choir Director at West Ridge Middle School in Eanes ISD, leading six award-winning choirs. Most recently, one of her choirs received the honor of being invited to perform at the annual Texas Music Educators Conference in San Antonio, and the national conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Salt Lake City, honors reserved for top performing groups in our state and in our country. At West Ridge, Ms. Snouffer serves as Fine Arts Department Chair and is on the Campus Leadership Team. Prior to her appointment at West Ridge, Ms. Snouffer was the Head Choir Director at Lake Travis Middle School where she also served as Fine Arts Department Chair. Twice named Lake Travis Teacher of the Year, she was also honored to receive the Lake Travis Education Foundation Teaching Excellence Award and is listed in Who’s Who of American Teachers as well as Who’s Who of American Women. Ms. Snouffer was presented the Silver Apple Award honoring outstanding educators from television station KEYE, and in 2015, was named a national quarter finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award.
Ms. Snouffer has been playing the piano for most of her life; her father was her first piano teacher. Through the years she has served as accompanist at many school and community functions throughout Central Texas. Her professional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, American Choral Directors Association, and Texas Music Adjudicators Association.
Ms. Snouffer enjoys spending time with her husband Edward, who is Head Choir Director at Westlake High School. They are proud parents of two wonderful daughters – Lauren, a graduate of the Juilliard School and Houston Grand Opera’s Studio Artist Program, and now an international opera singer; and Emily, a graduate of the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, who is working in New York City as a dancer, choreographer and fitness coach. Ms. Snouffer would like to thank the wonderful women of Tapestry for their love and friendship. She is honored to work with her friend and colleague, artistic director Jenn Goodner and considers Tapestry to be a very special part of her life!