Angela Taylor Biography

Alterna-pop-rock singer and songwriter Angela Taylor has seven years of classical conservatory training. She composed, recorded, and mixed her debut album Songs for Strong Girls, which was released in early 2001.The album was co-produced by Grammy award-winning producer John Jennings and as the title implies, has the theme of female empowerment. In an August 2001 review written by Music Monthly editor Suzie Mudd, the album was named Best Regional Album. The readers of the magazine voted her as the Best Female Vocalist.One of the songs on the Songs for Strong Girls album, called Anything, a story about the one that got away, won the MASC Pop Songwriting Competition.Angela was born to parents who were performers. Her mother was an aspiring concert pianist and her father was a vocalist in the gospel group, The Quarter Tones.Her earliest memories of performing go back to when she was three years old. She remembers standing on top of the furniture using anything she could get her hands on as a microphone. When Angela was three she also started learning to play the piano.Later Angela also learned how to play other instruments including flute, drums, and guitar. By the end of grade school Angela was already a master flute player (virtuoso flautist).She studied as an undergraduate at The Peabody Conservatory with a double degree in flute and recording engineering and a minor in voice. She later went on to receive her master's degree in computer music from the same school.While studying, Angela used her classical training on some of the country's leading concert hall stages and musical gigs in bars, clubs, and universities all over the United States. For a while she fronted for the alternative band, Lust and Termite. When this professional relationship ended she worked on her solo career performing at The 9:30 Club in DC, Kenny's Castaways in NYC, and Anastasia's Asylum in LA.Angela credits the major musical influences in her life as Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Michelle Branch, Dana Glover, and Howie Day.Angela's first major solo success occurred when she was named to the Finals of the Lilith Fair Talent Search. She was also chosen as a finalist in the IMX Discovery Contest.Angela has also been featured in local and national magazines such as EQ, Keyboard, and Electronic Musician. Her songs have appeared on XM Satellite Radio, DMX Music Choice, and fifty other radio stations nationwide.The Baltimore singer's on-camera television appearances include Food Nation with Bobby Flay on the Food Network, Top Cops Award Show for Fox TV, and the FOX Morning Show.Angela is currently on the Peabody Faculty and continues to record music on a freelance basis.