Angela Stramaglia received her Bachelor and Master of Music, Vocal Performance, degrees at the University of Illinois , Champaign-Urbana. She has been active in music ministry and liturgy for 25 years and is certified by the Archdiocese of Chicago through the Parish Liturgy Program offered by the Office for Divine Worship.

Angela officially became Director of Liturgical Music at the Sheil Center in 1995 and expanded that role to include oversight of all liturgical ministries in 2002. She also serves on the standing committee for the Campus Ministry Division of the National Pastoral Musicians Association (NPM).

In her past life, Angela shared her professional life as a music minister and liturgist with her career as classical artist. She has performed such roles as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni , Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus , Hansel, as well as the Witch, in Hansel and Gretel , and the title role in Puccini's Tosca. Angela has appeared with the Northshore Choral Society, the Wheaton Symphony as featured soloist in Britten's War Requiem , and the Dupage Symphony, in a concert format of Puccini's Madama Butterfly . In 1998 she was selected as one of Chicago Opera Theater's "Debut Artists."

Angela is married to Northwestern University Chemical Engineering Chairman, Wesley Burghardt, who can be found any given Sunday playing guitar and singing with the11:00 choir. They are the proud parents of Conrad James, born July 19, 1999.