CHAIR - ALLISON ALDRICH
animaterra321@gmail.com
Allison Aldrich studied music education and choral conducting at the Boston University College of Fine Arts. She has been a church choir director, community song leader and taught elementary general music in the public schools for 25 years. She performed in the Revels of Hanover, NH and Cambridge, MA, and his been very influenced by that experience.
In 1997 she founded Animaterra Women’s Chorus of Keene, NH. They are a non-auditioned community chorus singing music of the world’s traditions. This year they are celebrating 16 years of joyful singing together! Allison follows the philosophy of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network and gives voice lessons that apply holistic principles to help singers fully develop their own natural voice.
Allison is also very active in the traditional music and dance of New England and beyond. She performs in a duo with her husband, Hunt Smith, singing and playing for schools, libraries, and more.
She is also a contra dance and English Country Dance caller, and teaches folk dance at the Monadnock Waldorf School in Keene, NH.
Allison lives in Nelson, NH.
NHACDA STANDARD WOMENS CHORUS REPERTOIRE
Big list of Standard Women’s Repertoire from ACDA.ORG: http://acda.org/files/WCResourceList_music.pdf
Selected New Music: http://ncacda.org/womens-choirs
Sample Works by Women Composers (from ACDA California): http://www.acdacal.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ECCO_Women_Composers_repertoire_list-PDF-web-version.pdf
Arrangements of songs from Bulgaria:
http://www.voxbulgar.com
Arrangements of songs from Russia:
http://www.musicarussica.com
Arrangements of songs by Anonymous 4:
http://www.anonymous4.com/pub.ph
Information and links for early music:
http://www.earlywomenmasters.net
Sweet Honey in the Rock:
http://sweethoneyintherock.org/music-media/dvds-songbooks/
Libana: http://www.libana.com/songbooks/
MUSE Women’s Choir, Cincinnati:
http://www.musechoir.org/repertoire
ChoralNet on Women’s Vocal Jazz:
http://www.choralnet.org/view/222923
Some Gospel/Spiritual Arrangements (from http://www.choralnet.org/view/221337)
1) Go Where I Send Thee/SSAA/Andre Thomas
2) Run Children, Run/SSA/Stephen Hatfield
3) Goin’ Up-a Yonder/SSA/Barbara Baker/Boosey & Hawkes
4) Study War No More/SSA/J. David Moore/Mark Foster Pub.
5) Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’/SSA/Mary Goetze/Boosey & Hawkes
6) Let it Shine/SSA/Kari Ala-Pollanen/Walton Music
7) A City Called Heaven/SSA/arr. Poelintz/Plymouth Pub.
8) Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep/SSAA/Marylou India Jackson/Treble Clef #TC-108
9) Joshua Fit the Battle/SSAA/Treble Clef #TC-107
10) Operator/SSA/arr. Kirby Shaw
11) Over My Head, I Hear Music/SSA/arr. Michael Braz/Hinshaw #HMC-1488
12) The Storm is Passing Over/SSAA/arr. Doreen Rao/Boosey & Hawkes
animaterra321@gmail.com
Allison Aldrich studied music education and choral conducting at the Boston University College of Fine Arts. She has been a church choir director, community song leader and taught elementary general music in the public schools for 25 years. She performed in the Revels of Hanover, NH and Cambridge, MA, and his been very influenced by that experience.
In 1997 she founded Animaterra Women’s Chorus of Keene, NH. They are a non-auditioned community chorus singing music of the world’s traditions. This year they are celebrating 16 years of joyful singing together! Allison follows the philosophy of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network and gives voice lessons that apply holistic principles to help singers fully develop their own natural voice.
Allison is also very active in the traditional music and dance of New England and beyond. She performs in a duo with her husband, Hunt Smith, singing and playing for schools, libraries, and more.
She is also a contra dance and English Country Dance caller, and teaches folk dance at the Monadnock Waldorf School in Keene, NH.
Allison lives in Nelson, NH.
NHACDA STANDARD WOMENS CHORUS REPERTOIRE
Big list of Standard Women’s Repertoire from ACDA.ORG: http://acda.org/files/WCResourceList_music.pdf
Selected New Music: http://ncacda.org/womens-choirs
Sample Works by Women Composers (from ACDA California): http://www.acdacal.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ECCO_Women_Composers_repertoire_list-PDF-web-version.pdf
Arrangements of songs from Bulgaria:
http://www.voxbulgar.com
Arrangements of songs from Russia:
http://www.musicarussica.com
Arrangements of songs by Anonymous 4:
http://www.anonymous4.com/pub.ph
Information and links for early music:
http://www.earlywomenmasters.net
Sweet Honey in the Rock:
http://sweethoneyintherock.org/music-media/dvds-songbooks/
Libana: http://www.libana.com/songbooks/
MUSE Women’s Choir, Cincinnati:
http://www.musechoir.org/repertoire
ChoralNet on Women’s Vocal Jazz:
http://www.choralnet.org/view/222923
Some Gospel/Spiritual Arrangements (from http://www.choralnet.org/view/221337)
1) Go Where I Send Thee/SSAA/Andre Thomas
2) Run Children, Run/SSA/Stephen Hatfield
3) Goin’ Up-a Yonder/SSA/Barbara Baker/Boosey & Hawkes
4) Study War No More/SSA/J. David Moore/Mark Foster Pub.
5) Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’/SSA/Mary Goetze/Boosey & Hawkes
6) Let it Shine/SSA/Kari Ala-Pollanen/Walton Music
7) A City Called Heaven/SSA/arr. Poelintz/Plymouth Pub.
8) Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep/SSAA/Marylou India Jackson/Treble Clef #TC-108
9) Joshua Fit the Battle/SSAA/Treble Clef #TC-107
10) Operator/SSA/arr. Kirby Shaw
11) Over My Head, I Hear Music/SSA/arr. Michael Braz/Hinshaw #HMC-1488
12) The Storm is Passing Over/SSAA/arr. Doreen Rao/Boosey & Hawkes
