Tyné Angela is a musician, researcher, restoration artist, and instrument technician. Since 2010, she has released seven recorded albums. 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.
Tyné’s work centers sonic sustainability: a theory of sound-centered ecological and cultural care that prioritizes restoration and resists the disposability of sonic heritage. She focuses on restoring musical instruments and spaces, challenging dominant narratives of disposability and unsustainable practices in the industry. She is currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, where her research investigates the concept of de/composition: the simultaneous act / entangled processes of decay and creation through which sound, heritage, and environment are continuously transformed. De/Composition: Toward a Politics and Practice of Sonic Sustainability.
As a 2024-25 YoungArts Fellow, her Sustainable Symphony project focused on constructing musical instruments using sustainable methods and materials, including reclaimed wood from decommissioned acoustic pianos. Showcased in a culminating performance at the Columbia Museum of Art, the constructed instruments highlighted Tyné’s expansive practice.
Her studio (Aria) serves as a multipurpose creative space and a living archive. Within its walls, she houses and restores acoustic pianos and other instruments, crafts recordings, and cultivates collaborations that amplify the poetic and political significance of sound. Whether breathing new life into a century-old cello or… /
Tyné’s work has been featured at the Grammy Museum, Banff Center for the Arts, and TEDx, and her original music has led to coverage in publications ranging from Seventeen Magazine to Columbia Metropolitan Magazine. Her practice has been generously supported by the National YoungArts Foundation, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Recording Academy, among others. She enjoys exploring new cuisines with her husband and mentoring college students as an Adjunct Professor.
