ANGELA COX-DALY
Angela Cox-Daly
has been a member of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (KWSO) since 1988 performing as Second Associate Concertmaster until 2003. After a playing related injury and almost three years off, Angela gratefully returned as a section first violinist. She is an active chamber music performer in Canada and the United States and has appeared as soloist with various chamber and symphony orchestras including the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Kitchener Waterloo Community Orchestra, Scarborough Philharmonic and the North York Symphony, the Keene Chamber Orchestra (Keene, NH, USA), and Mannheim Virtuosi String Quartet.
Angela was on scholarship on both violin and piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) in the Course for Gifted Students for seven years and was a recipient of over one hundred awards and scholarships in both piano and violin prior to graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music in Performance degree.
Angela enjoys a versatile career including conducting the KWS Youth Strings, teaching violin and piano privately and at schools, coaching string ensembles, adjudicating at music festivals & competitions, and performing at summer music festivals. She was also a violin instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, ON).
Audio & Video Samples:
- The Classical Rock Show
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Duo: Violin & Viola
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Duo: Harp & Violin
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Trio
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Quartet
Angela's versatile career includes Concert Tours and Performances with:
- The Classical Rock Show
- A Jazzy Little Christmas
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Duo: Violin & Viola
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Duo: Harp & Violin
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Trio
- Mannheim Virtuosi String Quartet
- Mystic Fyre
Tribute Stage Shows: | |
ABBA | Neil Diamond |
Bee Gees | Ray Charles |
Cher | Rod Stewart |
Ed Sullivan | Roy Orbison |
Elton John | Shania Twain |
Engelbert Humperdinck | Tina Turner |
Frankie Valli | Tom Jones |
In partnership with her musician-husband, Ross Daly, they manage Daly Live Music & Entertainment, Ovation Symphonic Productions and Daly Music Academy! Angela and Ross have three children who have been members of all levels of the wonderful Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Orchestra programme. Angela is also an avid trick water-skier!