Angela has been making music as long as she can remember. She has memories (at age three) of standing on top of the furniture with any available “microphone” in hand, singing at the top of her lungs. She also started to play the piano at this tender age, at first preferring her own twelve-tone compositions to the works of the masters. Her early musical aptitude is not surprising when one considers the musical backgrounds of both her parents: her mother was an aspiring concert pianist, and her father a vocalist in the gospel group The Quarter Tones. Angela picked up many other instruments along her musical development including flute, drums, and guitar, and was a virtuoso flautist by the end of her grade school career.

Taylor continued her studies as an undergraduate at The Peabody Conservatory with a double degree in Flute and Recording Engineering, and a minor in Voice. She also received a Master’s Degree in Computer Music from the Peabody in May 1997. Her classical talents have placed her on some of the country’s leading concert hall stages, while her days fronting for alternative bands Lust and Termite landed her gigs in every bar, club, and university imaginable. Taylor has performed on many stages throughout the US, from The 9:30 Club in DC to Anastasia’s Asylum in LA. In 1998 & 1999 she was named to the Finals of the Lilith Fair Talent Search. Taylor was also honored to be chosen as a finalist in the 1999 IMX Discovery Contest, and voted “Best of Baltimore” in 1999 and 2001 as by Baltimore City Paper. Also in 2001 her album 'Song for Strong Girls' was voted 'Best Regional Album' by Music Monthly magazine.

With 7 years of classical conservatory training behind her, Taylor displays a vocal control and range uncommon for most alternative rock musicians. Her conservatory experience also molds her distinctive compositional style, including the usage of winds, strings, piano, and classically-inspired motifs. Taylor composed, recorded and mixed her album 'Songs for Strong Girls'. Co-produced by Grammy award-winning producer John Jennings, the album is available on Skinny Girl Records.

Currently Taylor is featured in several national and international magazines in conjunction with the Be-Cool anti-piracy campaign. The list of magazines includes: EQ [USA], Keyboard [USA], Sound on Sound [UK], MM MusicMagasinet [Sweden], Keys [Germany], Keyboards [Germany]. View here at http://www.angela-taylor.com/press_021101.cfm