Chala Yancy enjoys a career as a chamber musician, studio violinist and early childhood music educator.

Chala graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas in 1994, received her Bachelor of Music from NYU in 1998, and earned her Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 2000. As a studio musician, Chala has appeared on stage with world-renowned performing artists such as Adele, A Great Big World, Johnny Mathis, Darlene Love, Toshi Reagan, Il Volo, Mos Def, Don Omar, Beres Hammond, David Broza, and Kanye West. Television appearances include Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Tonight Show, and Late Night with Seth Meyers, and on Broadway's Young Frankenstein, Motown: The Musical, and Amazing Grace. She has also performed at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series with Imani Uzuri, as well as the Kennedy Center during the DC Jazz Festival, and Jazz at Tanglewood with Paquito D’Rivera, Mike Mossman, Nnenna Freelon, and Mike Garson.

She can be heard on recordings by A Great Big World, Alicia Keys, James Carter, Regina Carter, David Broza, Papo Vasquez and the Might Pirate Troubadours as well as on Tania Leon's Inura: For Voices, Strings, and Percussion, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy and a Grammy. Chala plays with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Harrisburg Symphony and the International Street Cannibals new music ensemble.