Lydia Snyder

Lydia Snyder is an instructor in the ethnomusicology department, where she teaches introductory world music, and Japanese music and anime. She completed her master's degree from Kent State University in ethnomusicology in 2019 and holds a bachelor’s degree with a triple major in music, studio art, and theatre arts from Hiram College.  Her research interests include arts and intimacy, music cognition and sound healing, trance and altered states of consciousness, ecomusicology, and music of Japan.  

Lydia studied shakuhachi at the Seiha hōgaku-kai in Tokyo and is an active member of the shakuhachi community in the United States, Europe, and Japan participating in the European Shakuhachi Society summer schools in Portugal and Ireland, the American Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies in Boulder, the World Shakuhachi Festival in London, and the International Shakuhachi Festivals in Prague.  

Her work on meditation, trance, and sonic intimacy has been presented around the globe in the US, The Czech Republic, Canada, and Japan.