Keyboardist, composer, and producer, Angela Ward performs regularly around the Kansas City metropolitan area and is known for the rare blend of fusion, jazz, gospel, and classical she brings to everything she plays.
She was awarded Favorite Jazz Keyboard/Organ Player by the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors 2022 and voted Kansas City’s Favorite Pianist in 2023. She served as Musical Director of the Sun Flower Music Festival in Topeka, Kansas honoring African American Composers, and was featured with the City Light Jazz Orchestra in a tribute to Black Female Composers during Women in Jazz month. Recently Angela was awarded the “Kindest Kansas Citian Award” and will serve as Music Director for the Kansas City Rep Theater.
Angela Ward is a graduate of Florida A&M University and writes and arranges for the internationally known JWB, also known as The James Ward Band. She has arranged and recorded two projects with The JWB entitled “In Perspective” and “Groove Axis”, that both hit the top 20 of the Smooth Jazz Chart. In addition to performing, she serves as Program Director and Teaching Artist for the Comprehensive Arts Institute with the mission to develop the next generation of youth with interest in music arts. She established the Instrumental Music Workshop entitled “Show and Shed” in 2014, and she continues to spearhead sustainable music education initiatives in the Kansas City Metropolitan area.