Angela Marshall Flaniken, a native of Alabama, is an active freelance musician and violist in the Samford String Quartet. She has been on the roster of many orchestras, including the Cincinnati Symphony, Columbus (Ohio) Symphony, Boston Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, and the Louisville Orchestra. Flaniken received her training from the University of Louisville and Boston University, completing the bachelor and master of music degrees. Her teachers included Walter Trampler, Masao Kawasaki, and Eugene Lehner. She is an enthusiastic and devoted teacher, maintaining a roster of violin and viola students of all ages.