She's a Doctor

Throughout her life, Diva JC studied hard to attain academic degrees to complement her musical and literary talents. In August 2017, she graduated from Northcentral University, where she studied for six years for her Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) with an emphasis on Marketing.

Aside from that, Dr. Cartwright was a professor of Speech Communication at three South Florida institutions and one foreign university. Her transition from the stage for 40+ years to the classroom was successful on many levels. First, the income is comparable, if not a little higher. The audience is more in need of her wisdom, information, and guidance. Teaching is less stressful than performance.

Needless to say, Dr. Cartwright has ascended from #DivaJC to #DrDivaJC

Learn more at http://www.drdivajc.com

IDENTITY

Identity: Passport To Success by Stedman Graham aligns with my ideal that knowing your purpose and reinventing yourself on a regular basis is the key to life.

The voices of women are so important in this day and age. But Stedman Graham hits the proverbial nail on the head, when he contends that everyone must be able to hear their inner voice in order to attain anything in life.

As Executive Director of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc., Joan Cartwright's mission is to promote the voices of women musicians and men who support them. This month, she’s raising funds to go to Romania to present her paper “Conscious Inclusion of Women Musicians” that discusses the importance of hearing the message of women musicians.

You can donate to this project that will take place May 15-31, 2012, in Romania, Italy and Switzerland, by clicking her name - Diva JC

Music Leader of the Year 2011

It is such an honor to be named Spirit of Excellence Music Leader of the Year on November 9, 2011, by the American Business Women's Association of South Broward. I am extremely appreciative of being appreciated by those who nominated me - Heidi Richards Mooney and Suzannah Richards.

I will post photos here, after that date.

www.joancartwright.com

Interview by Steph Jordan

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Books by Diva JC

Joan Cartwright's first book, IN PURSUIT OF A MELODY was published in 2006 by Trafford Publishing in soft cover. This book is a compilation of Joan's memoirs as a veteran jazz and blues performer, poetry, songs and lectures.

In 2009, Joan published the book on lulu.com in hard cover. Also, she broke the book out into four other books:

1. Amazing Musicwomen that documents the lives of 40 women in jazz and blues
   
2. So, You Want To Be A Singer? A manual for up-and-coming Divas, musicians and composers
   
3. GaiaMind Poems - a collection of over 35 poems
   
4. Joan Cartwright Song Book - a collection of 41 original musical compositions
   
   

By the end of 2009, Joan published three other books:

1. Rhythms of The Heart - 12 love poems

2. The Moon, Sunshowers, Rainbows and Whipped Cream Clouds - Spiritual journey

3. Songs For My Children - Four children's songs

All of Joan's books are available at http://stores.lulu.com/divajc in soft and hard cover.

• http://www.joancartwright.com/
• http://www.fyicomminc.com/
• http://www.wijsf.com/

Diva JC performs in Feb and March

Diva JC is the guest of the American Embassy

February 23-26, 2010

Kingston, Jamaica

NEW YORK CITY

Saturday, March 4, 2010 @ 7-9 p.m.

94-15 159th Street, Jamaica, NY 11433
718-651-1100

Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2-4 p.m.

Langston Hughes Library
100-01 Northern Boulevard
Corona, NY 11368
718-651-1100

Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4 - 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6 - 7 p.m.

THE SHRINE
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
(133-134 St.)
New York, NY 10030
212-690-7807
info@shrinenyc.com

Presented by

The 8th Annual
LADY GOT CHOPS
Women's Month Jazz Festival

Reinventing Your Artistry

The question I have is what techniques do you use for REINVENTING YOUR ARTISTRY?

I have been challenged in each new decade with reinventing myself.

In my twenties, when I began performing for a fee, I utilized my youth and vitality and fulfilled my need to absorb the purpose of musical studies - self-expression.

In my thirties, I concentrated more on building a repertoire of pieces I could sing and play; and on rehearsing and performing as much as possible with good musicians.

In my forties, I pursued my Master's degree and toured for eight years. When I returned from Europe, I knew I had to be able to do something besides sing, so I studied HTML and website design, while writing articles for Travel & Style magazine and grants to teach about Women in Jazz and Blues to thousands of Broward County students through my corporation, FYI Communications, Inc.

In my fifties, I learned HTML and website design and I owned an art gallery and, near the end of that decade, I began compiling my 9 books that I completed and published by the end of my sixtieth year, along with several concert reviews written for a local newspaper.

Now, at 61+a half (smile), I'm the founder of WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., a non-profit organization, in the position to receive grants and sponsorship that could make my dream of WOMEN IN MUSIC MUSEUM in South Florida a reality.

From keypunch operator to legal secretary to touring vocalist to composer to entrepreneur to educator to author to IT specialist to executive director to museum founder, I've reinvented myself, my purpose and my artistry.

What's your story, Morning Glory?

Diva JC

[This entry will be published in the book Forever Young at 50+ by Nina Hart of Six Hearts, Inc., and released in 2010]

Summer Update

First general membership meeting held Monday, August 3, 2009 @ 4-6 p.m. EST at Debra Hampton's Boutique, Ramada Inn, Hollywood Beach, FL. AUGUST NEWSLETTER

FUN-RAISER August 31, 2009 @ 5 p.m. @ Sweet Tomatoes, N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Contact: wijsf@yahoo.com

is on vacation in August!
Archived Shows will rerun.
Returning with new guests at a new time!
September 2, 2009 @ 12 noon - 2 p.m. EST

Diva JC w/Paul Banman

Thursday @ 7-11 p.m.

LUCE Restaurant
1906 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL

Italian Menu

Good People

Great Jazz & Blues!

Write Your Life Workshop with Diva JC

Diva Joan Cartwright will teach a creative writing workshops in Fort Lauderdale, FL, in September-October 2009

Register for a six-week intensive writing workshop with musician, composer and poet Diva Joan Cartwright, author of 9 books: 3 poetry, 2 manuals on musicians and musicianship, memoirs, history and 2 music books. [http://stores.lulu.com/divajc] [www.redroom.com/member/divajc]

Joan’s workshop explores the creative process involved in structuring lyrics and poetry; researching biographical material; interviewing as research; journaling as storytelling; travel writing and gathering historical data.

AMAZING MUSICWOMEN by Joan Cartwright

Joan Cartwright has written 8 books, 3 poetry and 5 on music. Her books are available at Lulu.com

WOMEN IN JAZZ ENSEMBLE 2009

Diva JC fulfilled a 12-year dream of performing her concert WOMEN IN JAZZ with an ensemble of musicians. On March 7, 2009, the 7-member ensemble presented the history of WOMEN IN JAZZ and BLUES at the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

On February 3, Diva JC, Melody Cole and Rochelle Frederick performed at Miami-Dade Community College for 200 students.

Here are photos from our events to date in 2009 http://ping.fm/7p7eH