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Full Biography
Barbara Romanowska (stage name: Barbara Angel)
She is professional musician: composer, arranger, violist, pianist, Jazz/Gospel/R&B/Pop vocalist, the author of In-depth Cellular Music Therapy method, the founder of Academy of Sound in Poland.
Thanks to her immaculate ear for music, she has been revealing individual and almost metaphysical contact with music since she was very young. She began her musical education with playing the violin and piano and then she continued in both the class of the viola and the class of singing. She graduated from the Academy of Music in Poland with distinctions in: Composition - Arrangement and Vocalism.
The stage name Angel was given to her by the people. That is why she kept it and in 2007 as Barbara Angel she released her full lenght album "God let me change the world" and among 15,000 songs from 88 countries in the International Songwriting Competition (ISC), the world's leading global songwriting event in the U.S., she has been awarded an Honorable Mention for her song "God let me change the world". Also she was performing at the En Sound Music Awards in the US 2007 as a nominee in two categories.
EDUCATION
- Doctor of Philosophy in Naturopathy, Doctor of Philosophy in Alternative Health (Universal Church Univ., Sacramento, California) 2008
- Certificate of Ordination “The Full Gospel Ministry” - Completed seminar of Pastor Willard Fuller and became a Minister, Lloyd, FL 2005
- Certificate of Completion: English Language Institute San Francisco, CA, 2005
- Graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music of Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, Major/Specialization: COMPOSITION-ARRANGEMENT, Department of Jazz and Pop Music, obtained the degree of MASTER OF ARTS, Katowice, Poland, 1996
- Completed Major/Specialization: VOCALISM, The Academy of Music of Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, Department of Jazz and Pop Music, Katowice, Poland1997
- Gratuated with distinction from K.Szymanowski's secondary School of Music in Katowice and obtain title of MUSICIAN INSTRUMENTALIST - specialization: VIOLA. During her sixth years at this school as a distinguished violist, for over three years she was Concertmaster of the K. Szymanowski's Secondary School Symphonic Orchestra under Slawomir Chrzanowski Ensemble. Also as a violist she performed with Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra under Wojciech Rajski Ensemble
AWARDS & HONORS
09/2007 2nd End Sound Music Awards, Newark, NJ
§ Received 2 nominations
§ Performance during 2nd Annual En Sound Music Awards & En Sound’s Weekly Top 50 Plays ranking list - Top first place for Barbara Angel’s song “Wherever you go I go”
03/2007 SMTV Los Angeles, CA
§ Performance - interview
06/2007: Warner Bros TV: CA
§ Warner Bros TV, CA the U.S. bought the song of Barbara Angel “Guardian Angel” for TV production
2006 ISC, Nashville, TN
§ Honorable Mention in the Gospel/Christian category for song “God let me change the world” at the International Songwriting Competition 2006
11/2004 International Festival, Cleveland, OH
§ Certificate of Appreciation
1992 Katowice, Poland
§ Certificate of Appreciation PATRI PATRIALE - Composition Competition for the composition dedicated to Pope John Paul II
1991 Cieszyn, Poland
§ Participation in the 57th SLASK COMPOSERS INN KATOWICE
03/1990 Bielsko-Biala, Poland
§ Honorable Mention at the 2nd Composition Competition for Secondary School Students
1990 Krakow, Poland
§ Honorable Mention in local eliminations of the XXXV POLISH NATIONAL RECITAL COMPETITION IN THE POETIC SINGING CATEGORY,
10/1990 Bologna, Italy
§ Diploma, Festival Europa: Musica Oggi - MUSICA SENZA FRONTIERE, concert with the Symphonic Orchestra
STAGE PERFORMANCES
September 2007,
§ Newark, the U.S.
Performance during 2nd Annual En Sound Music Awards
§ Lublin, Poland, Concert
May 2007, Zabrze, Poland
§ Gospel Concert with The Symphony Orchestra of Zabrze Philharmonic and conductor: Sławomir Chrzanowski
February 2007, SWAP Chicago, the U.S.
§ Gospel Concert
January 2007, Warsaw, Poland
§ Gospel Concert
December 2006,
§ Wroclaw, Poland The Saint Magdalena Cathedral,
Gospel Concert
January 2006, Kulavik, Sweden
§ Gospel Concert
September 2005, Chicago, the U.S.
§ Eagle Club Paderewski Orchestra Hall, Gospel Concert
October - November 2004, the U.S.
( Concerts)
§ Passaic, NJ, Polish-American Center of Culture, Monroe Street
§ New Britain, CT, Polish Club, Broad Street
§ New York, NY, Polish-Slavonic Center, Brooklyn 177 Kent Street,
§ Cleveland, Ohio Harmony Chopin, 3736 East 71th street
1991 Cieszyn, Poland
§ Performance at 57th Slask (Silesian) Composers Inn Katowice, due to winning Honorable Mention at the II Polish national Composers Competition
1990 Krakow, Poland
§ Performance at the XXXV POLISH NATIONAL RECITAL COMPETITION IN THE POETIC SINGING CATEGORY, Krakow, Poland due to Honorable Mention
October 1990
§ Performance at the Festival Europa: Musica oggi - MUSICA SENZA FRONTIERE, concert with the Symphonic Orchestra, Bologna, Italy
1995 Belfort, France
§ Jazz Festival Belfort, performance with accompaniment of Big-Band of K. Szymanowski’s Academy of Music
1994 Warsaw, Poland
§ Jazz Jamboree Festival, performance with accompaniment of Big-Band of K. Szymanowski’s Academy of Music
LAST TELEVISION APPEARANCES
April 2009 TV TRWAM, Poland
March 2007: Los Angeles, CA
Performance - interview SMTV Television
March 2007: Warner Bros TV: CA
Warner Bros TV, CA the U.S., choose the song of Barbara Angel “Guardian Angel” for TV productions
2005-present Video clip “God let me change the world” TVP Poland, TVN Poland, SMTV
2005 TVN interview, POLAND |
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