Sally K. Albrecht
Sally K. Albrecht is a popular choral composer, conductor, and clinician, especially known for her work with choral movement. An annual recipient of the ASCAP Special Music Award since 1987, Sally has more than 600 popular choral publications, 75 larger songbooks and musicals, plus 20 instructional choral movement DVDs in print. She has directed and staged the half-time show singers performing during two Florida Citrus Bowls, and has conducted hundreds of honor choir events, including festivals at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and The Kennedy Center. For over three decades, she was the Director of School Choral and Classroom Publications for two major educational music publishing companies, most recently for Alfred Music.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sally received a B.A. Degree from Rollins College (FL) in 1976 with a double major in Music and Theater. From there she moved to the University of Miami (FL), where she received both an M.A. in Drama (1977) and an M.M. in Accompanying (1979). She was an accompanist for Fred Waring and has taught in the music departments at Oakland University (MI), Jersey City State College (NJ), and Meredith College (NC). Sally has worked with literally thousands of teachers, presenting sessions at music conventions and choral music workshops in over 40 states, Canada, Singapore, and Australia.
Sally and her husband, composer/arranger Jay Althouse, currently enjoy living in Wake Forest, North Carolina. They were thrilled to have their composition I Hear America Singing! performed during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies. Since then, her Domine Deus was sung by the Archdiocesan Children’s Choir as the Pope arrived in Philadelphia, her composition This Is the Day! was premiered by the Texas Choral Directors Association Elementary Honor Choir, her piece I’m Bound for Glory! was premiered under her direction at Carnegie Hall by the WorldStrides OnStage Honors Junior Choir, and her setting of “Tuba Mirum” was performed under her direction by the South Carolina ACDA Elementary All-State Choir. Sally has served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society, and is a proud recipient of their "Pillar of Leadership" award. In 2021, she was thrilled to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from both the University of Miami Frost School of Music and Rollins College (where she is a Board of Trustees member).
