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Sally K. Albrecht is presently the Director of School Choral publications for Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. She is a popular choral conductor, composer and clinician, especially known for her work with choral movement. Sally is the author of two books on the subject - Choral Music In Motion, Volumes 1 & 2 distributed by Alfred.

An annual recipient of the ASCAP Special Music Award since 1987, Sally has over 140 popular choral publications in print (including The Reindeer Rap, For the Children and No Need to Knock!), six children's musicals (Crazy Carols!, Santa's Stuck in the 50's, A Small Part of the World, SuperClaus!, The Night the Reindeer Rocked and Santa's Shopping Network), four children's songbook (I Sing, you Sing, Schoolhouse Raps, Rhythm to the Rescue! and Everyday Songs), and two sacred cantatas (Night of Wonder and What a Morning). Her composition We are the Children was selected to open the 1994 MENC "World's Largest Concert", involving more than eight million singers. She also directed and staged the half-time show singers performing during the 1995 and 1996 Florida Citrus Bowls.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sally recieved a B.A. degree from Rollins College with a double major in Music Theater. From there she moved to the University of Miami where she recieved both an M.A. in Drama and an M.M. in Accompanying. Her previous employment includes serving as the school choral editor at Shawnee Press, and teaching in the Music Departments at Oakland University and Jersey City State College. She has worked with literally thousands of teachers and students through clinics, conventions and workshops in 40 states, Canada, Singapore and Australia. Sally and her husband, composer/arranger Jay Althouse, currently reside on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina


Jay Althouse received a B.S. degree in Music Education and an M.Ed. degree in Music from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. For eight years he served as a rights and licenses administrator for a major educational music publisher. During that time he served a term on the Executive Board of the Music Publishers Association of America. As a composer of choral music, Mr. Althouse has over 400 works in print for choirs of all levels. His music is widely performed throughout the English-speaking world. He is a writer member of ASCAP and is a regular recipient of the ASCAP Special Award for his compositions in the area of standard music. His book, Copyright: The Complete Guide for Music Educators, has been in print continuously since 1984 and is recognized as the definitive sourcebook on the subject of copyright for music educators. Mr. Althouse has also co-written several musicals and cantatas with his wife, Sally K. Albrecht, compiled and arranged a number of highly regarded vocal solo collections, and is the co-writer, with Russell Robinson, of the best-selling book The Complete Choral Warm-up Book, published by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Jay lives with his wife Sally Albrecht, in Hilton Head, S.C.

Sally K. Albrecht is presently the Director of School Choral publications for Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. She is a popular choral conductor, composer and clinician, especially known for her work with choral movement. Sally is the author of two books on the subject - Choral Music In Motion, Volumes 1 & 2 distributed by Alfred.An annual recipient of the ASCAP Special Music Award since 1987, Sally ha... More