Mrs. Cynthia Wright is in her tenth season working with the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra and is currently the conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra. She is the Orchestra Director at Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School in Maryville, where she teaches 5th-7th grade. Mrs. Wright attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees, both in music education. In 2004, she began her teaching career at Karns High School and West Valley Middle School. After two years teaching in Knox County, Mrs. Wright moved to Wilmington, NC where she taught Orchestra at Roland-Grise Middle School for 8 years. She returned to Knoxville and resumed teaching in Knox County Schools in 2014. She spent five years as the director at Bearden High School and West Valley Middle School. Mrs. Wright is currently the Orchestra Chair of TMEA, as well as a member of ETSBOA, NAfME, and ASTA. During her 20 years in education, Mrs. Wright has served as a mentor teacher, clinician, presenter, and adjudicator. She lives in Maryville with her husband, Wes, and their two children, Carson, and Elaina.