Rhythm Culture was founded in 1999 by Cynthia Hill, B.A., a former English teacher and award-winning curriculum writer.  An eager hand drumming student, Cindy launched Rhythm Culture after becoming deeply-inspired by her first training with Arthur Hull of Village Music Circles.  She continued her studies with Arthur Hull’s Playshops for several years.  Over the last decade, Rhythm Culture has grown to facilitate rhythm events for communities, organizations, youth groups, schools and businesses nationwide.  Its team of facilitators are Cleveland-area percussionists, educators, and music therapists who love to help others to express themselves musically, relax and connect.

Cindy Hill

Known for her creative style of rhythm facilitation, Cindy Hill’s work has been featured in “The Fun Factor” in Inside Business in May 2004 and other Cleveland-area publications. She has also worked nationally as a facilitator for Catalyst Events, working with groups up to 800.

Cindy received her facilitation training from Arthur Hull’s Village Music Circles and has her B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of San Diego, with 30 additoonal hours of Master’s graduate work in Education.

Since 2002, Cindy has also been a Teaching Artist for the Initiative for Cultural Arts in Education (ICARE), now called Arts is Education. She honed her curriculum design skills in the classroom, integrating core music concepts with language arts and social studies standards over the last 7 years. Now Cindy writes and presents Professional Development workshops on creating arts-integrated curriculum for Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio.

In addition to her work with Rhythm Culture, Cindy is also the Director of the Brazilian drum group, Samba Joia, which performs the Bahian-style arrangements of Brazilian-born percussionist Marcus Santos, Artistic Director of Samba Joia and his group BatukAxe of Afro-Brazil, located in Boston. Read more about samba Joia and Marcus Santos on the Home page link!

Through her work, Cindy has experienced firsthand the healing power of these unifying world rhythms – whether in work, schools or community settings. She has dedicated her career to expanding public awareness about drumming as a tool for relaxation and connection.

Living in Shaker Heights, Cindy is raising two sons, one with autism.