Angelena Kyzar-Crowhurst - Vocals
Arabic Percussion, Pennywhistles, Keyboards

Born August 4, 1972, Angelena studied music composition at Santa Rosa Junior College, San Francisco State University, IT at UOP, and has studied with the best and brightest drum masters in the US including Mary Ellen Donald and Antoine Lammam.

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Angelena was brought up on the piano singing, and has enjoyed a long solo career as a pianist/singer/songwriter. After taking her first bellydance class on a dare with her mother in the early nineties, she fell in love with the Middle Eastern styles of music and eventually became a professional Arabic percusisonist now expert with the dumbek, riq, tar, and zills. Spring (2007), she was approached by the prestigious University of California at Berkeley and taught Arabic percussion as a part of their Music of Egypt instrumental studies courses. She also plays djembe, bohm system flute, Irish tin whistle, bodran, recorder, and dabbles in various other instruments.

Angelena has performed most notably with now late Hamza el Din and The Grateful Dead, The Georges Lammam Ensemble, Nazir Latouf, The Van Winkle Experience, Dusty Wroten and Sophia's Circle, Sisters of the Moon/Three Sisters Bellydancers and the Seventh Veil Ensemble (for which she wrote and directed), Skitzo, John Trubee and the Ugly Janitors of America, and Sadie Luke.

Boudicca is now Angelena's pet project and she writes and arranges the bulk of the group's music as well as designs the web, graphics and promotional materials. Angelena is sought after for lessons in piano, voice, songwriting, and for producing recordings everything from drum solos for well known dancers to music for film.to Arabic percussion, and bellydance. Along with husband guitarist, John Crowhurst, Angelena lives in the Northern California Bay Area with their two orange cats.  

Check out her Piano/Vocal album at CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/angelena

Also, check out some of the other great projects she has appeared on:

John Trubee and the Ugly Janitors of America: Satan Killed Me Today http://www.emusic.com/album/10931/10931034.html Angelena plays piano, keyboard, percussion and backup vocals on this CD.

Stalin Claus Superstar: A Suplex Prune Hittite Fantasy - Rock Opera by Steven Shultz and company. Angelena was the voice of the Magickal Cufflinks. Available from Subterranean

Skitzo - Hellivator Music and Five Point Containment -. Angelena wrote and recorded the screaming insane demon choir parts and or spooky monk chants on many songs. Available through the Skitzo website. Scary stuff!