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“Woods’ musical maturity and enthusiasm are an
inspiration…”
Matt
Antonacci, Register Citizen
“Conducted by Cynthia Woods, the Zwillich was dynamic
and immersing…”
John Galigour, The Sun
Valley News
Music Director
Music
Director-Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
June 2006-current
A five concert season including: three
masterworks, each followed with an outreach performance,
one Family concert and one outdoor Pops.
Artistic Director-
Worcester Youth Orchestras-in Partnership with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra
June 2003-July 2009
Conduct top orchestra and oversee younger
orchestras and chamber music program, lead artistic
staff of 6, four concerts per year, international
tours, oversee and work with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra in ongoing partnership-this includes a variety
of educational experiences such as master classes, side
by side rehearsals, guest conductors, sectionals and
concerts.
Music Director-
Boston Community Chamber Orchestra, MA
1999-2002
Community based orchestra of 4 concerts
per year, 2 masterworks, 1 Pops, 1Family Program
Music Director-
Nutmeg Youth Symphony Orchestra, CT
1997-1999
Rural youth orchestra program, two
concerts per year
Guest Conductor
Professional/Semi Professional Orchestras
Plevin Philharmonic, Bulgaria
Hingham Symphony Orchestra, MA
Oregon East Symphony,
OR Greater Newburgh
Symphony, NY
Grande Rhonde Symphony, OR
Varna Philharmonic, Bulgaria
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, TN
Nashua Chamber Orchestra
RUST Performing Arts Center, New
York
Dana Hall Young Artists Competition
Orchestra
College/Community Orchestras
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Orchestra, MA Clark University Sinfonia,
MA
Waltham Community Orchestra, MA
Hartt Sinfonietta, CT
College of the Holy Cross Chamber
Orchestra, MA
New England Sinfonia, CT
Hartt Symphony Orchestra,
CT Rocky Mountain Chamber
Players, CO
Middlesex Concert
Band Eastern
Oregon University Orchestra
Youth Orchestras
Eastern Jr. Districts Symphony Conductor
‘08
Central Districts Jr. Districts Symphony
Orchestra ‘08
Longy Chamber Orchestra-youth program, MA
Florida Youth Symphony Orchestra, FL
Grande Rhonde Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Oregon
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, TX
Festivals
Hot Springs Music Festival Chamber
Orchestra, Arkansas
Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, Brevard
NC
Rocky Ridge Music Center Festival
Orchestra, CO
Choral
Cambridge Community Chorus, Cambridge MA
Salisbury Singers, MA
Master Singers of Worcester, MA
Dana Hall Chamber Singers, MA
Chamber
Music
Performing Arts Center of Metro West,
Chamber Music Series, Artist in Residence
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Chamber
Music Division, Director
Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestras,
Chamber Music Program, Director
Performing Arts School of Worcester,
Chamber Music Division, Director
Winchester Community Music School,
chamber music faculty
Vermont Youth Symphony Orchestra
Association Reveille! Music Festival, guest
Artist and Faculty
Bay Chamber Concerts-Fall Foliage,
faculty and performer
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras
Chamber Music Program, faculty
Violin
Faculty With
Winchester Community Music School
2001-2006
The Performing Arts School of Worcester
2002-2006
Boston Community Music School 2000-2002
Guest
Faculty With
Eastern Oregon University
Worcester Polytechnic University
Education
Artist
Diploma in Orchestral Conducting,
The Hartt School of Music, 2001
Masters
of Music in Orchestral Conducting
The Hartt School of Music, 2000
*Recipient of Dean Talent Scholarship
Award, The Hartt School of Music, ’99, ’00, ’01*
BM
in Violin Performance, University of
Colorado-Boulder, 1994, *Recipient of Quartet
Scholarship
Fellow- Atlantic Center for the Arts
Major
Conducting Teachers
Harold Farberman- Bard College, David
Becker- UW-Madison, Michael Morgan- Music Director
Oakland Symphony
Additional Study
Daniel Lewis-Emeritus UCSC, Apo
Hsu-National Taiwan Normal University, Gunther Schuller,
David Effron, Brevard Music Festival, Indiana
University
Major
Violin Teachers
Peter Zazofsky, Muir String Quartet,
Harold Whippler, former Concert Master Denver Symphony
Orchestra, Vartan Manoogian, UW- Madison ,Ozwald Lehnert
University of Colorado-Boulder
Quartet
Study With
Tackas String Quartet
Muir String Quartet
Stanford String Quartet
Pro Arte String Quartet
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