Ginny Snowe grew up with music all around her, in France and Germany. She took piano lessons from an early age, studying with Frederic Capon and Nadya Serefimov. She then moved to the U.S., receiving a bachelor of music degree in piano and voice performance from Albion College in Michigan, and a master's degree in piano pedagogy from Catholic University in Washington D.C. She has taught a full studio of piano students of all ages and ability for 30 years, and has also performed as a soloist and in ensembles in Germany, France, Canada and the United States.

Also a well known bassist in the international contradance community, Ginny has played as a charter member of such bands as Uncle Gizmo, the Reckless Ramblers and Funhouse, and has performed and taught at Centrum's Fiddletunes Festival, Smithsonian's Folklife Festival, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop. She was a mainstay for many years at the Augusta Swing Week, accompanying Frankie Manning's Lindy Hop classes, and has worked with such nationally-known musicians as Brooks Tegler, Marc and Anne Savoy, Dewey Balfa, Ruthie Dornfeld, Mary Lea, Steve Hickman, Lissa Schneckenburger, and Jeremiah McLane. Her albums with the Reckless Ramblers and her waltz albums with Larry Unger have been favorites within the dance community.

For 15 years Ginny has run a music camp for young musicians, focusing on the creative process of group composition and culminating in a recording project. No stranger to the recording studio, she has also been hired to play both bass and piano on CD projects with bands such as Squeeze Bayou, Velcro Monkeys, Once Around the Floor, Cabin Fever, in Boston, Washington D.C. and Seattle and Bellingham.

Since moving to Bellingham, Washington, Ginny Snowe has been working on solo piano compositions, drawing on the wildly divergent influences of the likes of James Booker, Stefano Bollani, W. A. Mozart, Gabriel Faure, Bill Evans, Fats Waller. Her recent solo piano release, Traveling Home, is a showcase for some of these tunes. She plays with intelligence and heart, and at times with a touch of humor. Above all, she conveys a sense of intimacy and warmth in her writing and playing.

Ginny has also been focusing on singing in recent years, pursuing in particular the Bossa Nova and Samba repertoire of such Brazilian greats as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carlos Lyra, and Dori Caymmi. In her work with Zumbido, Ginny is able to combine her experience as a bass player with her current enthusiasms for the beauty of the Brazilian songs and the Portuguese language. Her duo work with John Miller has given her the opportunity to sing standards from the American songbook, which are featured along with Brazilian songs on their duo CD.