About Cynthia "Symphony" J.
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Experience
Theater Teacher/Director/Producer
Sep, 1995 - PresentArtisan Leaders with New-Fangled Vision Productions
ACTING Malu-ALNV Productions; Don't Let Me Down Role-Mother- Cheryle Robinson-Williams-Cheryle Productions...Tituba-The Crucible--UC Riverside 3 DIRECTING (Tech) UCR Student Playworks… Professor Rickerby Hines Dickens: A Christmas Carol…Stand and Deliver…The Crucible...Grapes of Wrath...The Importance of Being Ernest...Royal Bachelor…Juvie…Much Ado About Nothing…Annie…Bye Bye Birdie…Fragile Souls (Original Play)…Fences…For Colored Girls…Grease…Arsenic and Old Lace…Dracula…And Then There Was Nun…Killadelphia,…Babes in Toyland…Atypical Boy…Psyanide (Original)…The Door…Mind Games…Godspell to name a few... Student Filmeworks Short Film competition Performed in numerous self-produced productions. Professional affiliations include the DTASC and CETA
Theater Teacher/Director/Producer English Teacher
Sep, 1995 - PresentArtisan Leaders with New-Fangled Vision Productions
Symphony, popular host of Lyrically Speaking Mixed Mic, is a certified John Maxwell speaker, trainer, and personal coach, director, teacher, writer, actress, poet, and spoken word artist. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees from UC Riverside in both Theatre and English. With nearly thirty years of experience, Symphony soars. She loves encouraging the youth through YouthMax Plus, summer camps, storytelling and afterschool programs. To stay connected to the community, she actively performs her original poetry in local venues, and at various conferences. Her greatest joy is when she's directing plays or appearing in one. Friends frequently find her hosting women's conferences, mixed mics, pastor and church anniversaries, and special events throughout Southern California. As a gifted educator, Symphony developed and implemented innovative theater curriculum for elementary, middle school, and high school in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles. She successfully expanded these programs to incorporate all levels of experience-from beginning to advance. In addition to these programs, she regularly works with her private students developing their confidence, skills, stage presence and personalities. As an artist and gifted speaker, and former youth pastor, Symphony inspires, educates and motivates audiences of all ages to achieve their God-given potential. She is a creative, god-fearing goal-oriented professional with time-tested proven ability to achieve high-caliber results. She enables others to discover, develop and enhance distinctive individual talent. Symphony passion and desire is to infuse the essential awareness necessary to achieve confidence in everyone with whom she works.
Education
BA Theater
Sep, 1995 - Jun, 1998UC Riverside
BA English
Jul, 1998 - Sep, 2000UC Riverside
Certifications
International John Maxwell Team
Mar, 2016International John Maxwell Team
Certified John Maxwell Speaker-Trainer-Coach
Awards
2014 Community Service Member of the Year
Jul, 2014Richard T. Fields Bar Association
Affiliations
California Educational Theater Association
Mar, 2011The California Educational Theatre Association mission is: • To achieve sequential, standards-based, comprehensive theatre education; • To promote equity and access to theatre arts education; • To advocate for a California Credential for Theatre Arts; • To recognize theatre excellence through awards and scholarships; • To provide valued opportunities for theatre educators and students.
National Association of Professional Women
Aug, 2015As one of seven culturally distinct websites in The Professional Diversity Network provides a professional network for diverse talent that is far more engaging and welcoming than a typical job board. The affinity of culture shared by members encourages valuable relationships with peers and mentors who are invested in each other’s success and are happy to help them improve their career skills and their access to opportunity. ProDivNet has taken the job search from what is all too often, a lonely and discouraging experience to a communal one that motivates and inspires members along their journey to achieve their life goals.
Languages
Spanish
Limited Proficiency
German
Professional Proficiency
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