Angelica Salem

  
It’s not your everyday teenager that decides she would rather give to others than receive gifts at her Sweet 16. That’s exactly what songwriter and recording artist, Angelica Salem, chose to do when she started her non-profit foundation, “Voice of an Angel,” to help financially-struggling young people and families to afford tuitions, medical bills, and more. 
 
Angelica Salem is no ordinary teenager. When New York City music producer Heather Holly said "Keep an eye on this one -- she's on her way," she must have known that the doors to a promising music career were about to swing wide open.

A charming, slim 5’8” brunette with striking blue eyes, Angelica’s enchanting voice won her first place in the New York and Orlando “Behind the Scenes: American Idol.” She has recorded four songs with producers Heather Holley and Rob Hoffman who worked with artists like Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson, Quince Jones, and Holly Brook among others. Angelica also recorded with DJ Juan Coon, Jimmy Locust, and Maureen Brown. She has been a soloist for the Connecticut Bluefish minor league baseball games and the New England Oireachtas ’07 Regional ceremony. Angelica has received training in vocal technique and sight-reading from prominent New York and Connecticut vocal coaches. She has participated as a soloist in her middle and high school choirs and volunteers teaching four and five year olds Irish dancing at Stamford’s Pender-Keady Academy of Irish Dance. 

Angelica’s fourteen years of professional dance training in ballet, Irish, jazz and hip-hop have earned her numerous performances and awards. She is a principle dancer in the Locust Contemporary Dance Works I company under the direction of world-renown choreographer Jimmy Locust (www.jimmylocust.com). Angelica has competed in the national and international Irish Dance Championship and the Great Britain Championship, medaling in the All-Ireland Championship and appearing as a featured dancer on Good Morning Connecticut WTNH News Channel 8.

A natural on stage, Angelica has performed in over a dozen musicals and shows.  She appeared in "The Flute Player's Song" in the New York Film Festival where she captivated audiences with her portrayal of a child beggar during the three-week-long production. She is a co-writer of monologues with Jimmy Locust, founder of the ‘No Hate but Harmony’ troupe, with whom she tours along with a volunteer group of actors and dancers performing anti-bullying shows in schools. Angelica has performed in musicals at the New York City Music Theatre and local Connecticut venues including Today is Broadway (soloist), Hair (Ensemble), West Side Story (Rosalia), Grease (Frenchie), High School Musical (Gabriela), Damn Yankees (Ensemble), Sound of Music (Ensemble), Once Upon A Mattress (Ensemble), Peter Pan (Wendy), and Annie (Annie).

Born in 1993 and raised in Stamford, Connecticut, Angelica is currently a full-time honor student juggling numerous extra-curricular activities. Her athletic and personal interests include horseback riding, swimming, body surfing, Pilates, running, and working with children.