Angela

Piano, Clarinet & Voice

Angela’s passion for music has been a part of her life for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Ames, Iowa, she took a variety of lessons including voice, piano, clarinet, and saxophone. This passion led her to pursue degrees in music history and clarinet performance at the University of Northern Iowa. As a researcher, she is interested in the intersection of gender, race, music, and advocacy. Throughout her master’s degrees in ethnomusicology and women and gender studies at Bowling Green State University, she studied anti-gender-based violence advocacy and healing through hip hop.

Angela believes that music and building relationships helps empower us to see our own intrinsic self-worth and value. Not only does learning music teach skills such as discipline, attention to detail, and goal setting, but it also teaches us that we can create something beautiful—something to take pride in and to be able to share with others. Angela believes that building a strong relationship with her students is the first step to helping them have a positive and lasting relationship with music.

Outside of teaching, Angela can be found hanging out with her two dogs Theo and Willow, cooking, listening to music, and taking care of her plant babies.