Angela Ortiz is a vocalist, pianist, arranger, orchestrator, composer, and lyricist based in Brooklyn, NY and joins the Olivia O team as contributing composer. 

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Her songwriting and composition work have been featured on NPR and reviewed in All About Jazz, Cadence Magazine and TimeOutNY. She released her first album “All About You” on Random Chance Records (which was made available worldwide through City Hall Records), and independently released her second album, “Dismantle This Bomb”. Her writing heavily features original horn and woodwind arrangements, intertwined with electronic and acoustic percussion and piano. Her music arrangements and works have enjoyed airplay on radio stations in the US, Poland, Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. 

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She has also composed music for several film shorts that have been official selections at film festivals throughout the country, as well as been commissioned to write music for the contemporary art song initiative, The Modern Collective. Angela has also composed numerous works for musical theater and is currently working on a musical that incorporates contemporary sounds with Bomba, Plena and Salsa - the sounds of her father’s native Puerto Rico.

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She holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree from New York University and has also studied latin/jazz piano and at Berklee School of Music. She is also a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Composer/Lyricist Workshop.