Violinist Angelia Cho was born in 1981 in Columbia, South Carolina, and began to study violin at age three. She made her debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra at age 11 at the Mann Music Center, and performed with the orchestra again at the Academy of Music three years later. Angelia graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music in 2002 and completed her graduate studies with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory. She has appeared as soloist with ensembles including the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, and Allegro Society under such conductors as Mark Laycock, Daniel Meyer, Luis Biava, Shlomo Mintz, and David Lobel. Angelia has attended master classes in Israel and at the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove, England; has performed at the Sarasota, Verbier, and Yellow Barn festivals; and is a first-prize winner at the National Society of Arts and letters Violin Competition. As part of her fellowship program, Angelia taught in the Bronx, at PS 154.