Tyné Angela is a musician, researcher, and instrument technician. Since 2010, she has released seven recorded albums and published a novel. Tyné has performed around the globe, opening for artists such as Vanessa Williams and Lalah Hathaway, and singing at the Kennedy Center. She studied music at Dartmouth College, where she was named a Senior Fellow with honors. She is completing her doctoral work at the University of Oxford.
Tyné was recently selected for the 2024-25 YoungArts Fellowship. Her Sustainable Symphony project focuses on constructing musical instruments using sustainable methods and materials, specifically reclaimed wood from decommissioned acoustic pianos. Showcased in a culminating performance at the Columbia Museum of Art (spring 2025), the constructed instruments will highlight Tyné’s expansive practice and explore creative solutions to problems of accessibility, functionality, cost, and environmental sustainability. Her ongoing research examines the evolution of recording technologies; the afterlife of musical instruments; throwaway culture and electronic waste; and optimizing the acoustic properties of diverse materials.
Her work has been featured and exhibited at venues including the Grammy Museum and Banff Center for the Arts, and her original music has led to coverage in publications ranging from Seventeen Magazine to Columbia Metropolitan Magazine. Tyné’s practice has been generously supported by the National YoungArts Foundation, the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Recording Academy, Dartmouth’s Reynold’s Fellowship, and TEDx, among others. She enjoys exploring new cuisines and mentoring first-year college students as an Adjunct Professor.
