Angela regularly performs with the Lyra Vivace Chamber Orchestra and the Augusta Choral Society, is a part of Ed Turner and the Number 9 Band (annual performance), and she conducts the Aiken Youth Orchestra Ensemble at the Aiken Center for the Arts. She teaches private violin and viola lessons at the Carolina String Academy in Aiken and via her home in Augusta.

Angela attended Augusta State University where she received a Bachelor in Music Education. She studied violin under the tutelage of Dr. Angela Morgan and viola under the instruction of Carl Purdy. Angela is an Augusta native and lives with her husband, double bassist Travis Shaw, and their daughter, Caeden.