Mrs. Cynthia Wright is currently the Orchestra Director at Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School in Maryville, where she teaches 4th -7th grade. She is also in her eleventh season working with the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association. 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 previously served as the Orchestra Chair of TMEA, as well as ETSBOA. She is a member of NAfME and ASTA. During her 21 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.