ANgela Ortiz,
voice and piano instructor
Angela graduated cum laude from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education with a Bachelor of Music degree and has been teaching voice and piano lessons, as well as songwriting workshops, children’s music appreciation classes, and musical theater workshops in and around NYC for fifteen years.
Prior to starting her own studio, Angela taught at the Larchmont Music Academy, St. Luke’s School, The Dwight School, Queens College Conservatory, and worked in the NYC Department of Education helping NYC public schools streamline their service-learning instruction.
Her performing career has brought her to music festivals and venues across the country to play alongside artists like The Roots, Paramore, Típica 73, and Tito Puente. She has performed onstage at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Bowl (BK & Las Vegas), various Broadway theaters, Central Park Summerstage, Tuscon Performing Arts Center, and NJ Performing Arts Center amongst others.
Her work has been featured on NPR and reviewed in All About Jazz, Cadence Magazine and TimeOutNY. She was awarded the Silver medal in the 2007 mid-Atlantic Songwriting competition and has had the distinction of being chosen to compete in the 2009 Williamsburg Songwriter’s Competition.
In addition to her composition and performing credits, she has also been in several operas including the NY Premier of L’Enfant et les Sortileges (directed by Metropolitan Opera director Robin Guarino, with english libretto by Sheldon Harnick) and The Old Maid and the Thief (Frederick Lowe Theater).
Angela also has been involved in music directing, composing, arranging and orchestrating many projects for musical theater productions in the USA, UK and Mexico. More information can be found here: www.AngelaOrtiz.com.
She holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from NYU’s Steinhardt School and has also studied latin/jazz piano at The Harbor Conservatory in Harlem and Berklee School of Music. She is also a member of the BMI Musical Theater Composer/Lyricists Workshop.
In her free time, Angela is also an avid distance runner who competed in the United States Olympic Trials in the marathon in 2020 and has run in the professional women’s field of the NYC marathon.
“We have had a wonderfully terrific experience with Angela and her Prospect Heights Music school. My daughter loves her piano lessons with Angela, looks forward to them, and wants to practice as soon as she gets home and throughout the week. I really attribute so much of that to Angela’s teaching style and approach, the way in which she is attentive to each child and how they in particular approach music, how she supports and encourages their own curiosities (and compositions!) and thoughtfully, calmly applies her serious expertise to her teaching, without overwhelming or pressuring her students. We are so grateful our daughter is having such a beautifully positive introduction to music!”