Cynthia Duda received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education at Bowling Green State University, received her Master of Music in Music Performance at Western Michigan University, another Master of Music in Music History and Literature at the University of Akron, and is currently working on her Doctor of Musical Arts at Michigan State University.
Ms. Duda has worked as an adjunct bassoon instructor at Albion College, Kalamazoo College, and Goshen College in Indiana. She has also worked as a graduate assistant at Michigan State University, University of Akron, and Western Michigan University and a quintet coach for Chamber Music Workshop in Kalamazoo in addition to giving private instruction.
She has performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Battle Creek and Jackson Symphonies in Michigan, the Firelands and Ashland Symphony in Ohio, the Maple City Chamber Orchestra in Indiana, and the Tuscarawas Philharmonic in Ohio.