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English with Cynthia "Symphony" J.

New Braunfels, Texas

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Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 5+
Speaks German, Spanish
Teaching since 2000
BA English

    About Cynthia "Symphony" J.

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    Symphony, has been teaching since 1995 and is currently available to teach lessons at her studio or online. In addition to being a popular open mic host, she is a certified John Maxwell speaker, trainer, and personal coach, director, teacher, writer, actress, poet, and spoken word artist. She received her training at U.C. Riverside where she earned degrees in both Theater and English. As an expert in her field, Symphony looks forward to helping new students reach their goals.

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    Experience

    Theater Teacher/Director/Producer

    Sep, 1995 - Present

    Artisan 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 - Present

    Artisan 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, 1998

    UC Riverside

    BA English

    Jul, 1998 - Sep, 2000

    UC Riverside

    Certifications

    International John Maxwell Team

    Mar, 2016

    International John Maxwell Team

    Certified John Maxwell Speaker-Trainer-Coach

    Awards

    2014 Community Service Member of the Year

    Jul, 2014

    Richard T. Fields Bar Association

    Affiliations

    California Educational Theater Association

    Mar, 2011

    The 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, 2015

    As 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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