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Sistah LaLa La'Shelle Allen

Biography

La’Shelle Allen, Contralto, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland where she began her musical journey at the Baltimore School for the Arts. After graduation, Ms. Allen relocated to New York City and began touring professionally as a Soloist with The Harlem Spiritual Ensemble. Ms. Allen’s career spans more than thirty years performing in 30 countries, countless Opera Houses, Theaters, and various event venues. Highlights of Ms. Allen’s solo work include appearances at St. Peter’s Basilica, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and North Sea Jazz Festival de Vienne and Madison Square Garden. Recent engagements include tours at Lyric Opera Chicago, Virginia Arts Festival and as a member of The Metropolitan Opera’s Grammy Award winning cast of Porgy and Bess. Training as a Classical Vocalist has supported the exploration of numerous musical genres in performance and creation. Ms. Allen works not only in Opera but also in Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Broadway, Spoken Word, Negro Spirituals, and the list goes on.

Ms. Allen is also a talented Producer, Recording/Voice-Over, and Teaching Artist. Her recently released solo album, Journey To Freedom, showcases original music and arrangements centering the American Negro Spiritual. Ms. Allen is also the creator of  Spirituals In Motion, an outreach program designed to further the conversation around diversity in music and the contribution of underrepresented voices.

About Sistah LaLa

Focus

Album Project

Expertise

At Sistah LaLa Productions, we believe in the healing power of music and the positive changes it has on people’s lives. We believe that music is a universal language, capable of inspiring and uplifting people from all walks of life. We want to make people feel good one song at a time. 

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Expertise

Album Project

Expertise

30 + years touring 

Nationally and Internationally 

37 Countries 

Classically trained

Songwriter/Arranger

Teaching Artist

Voice Over Actor


Album Project

Album Project

Album Project


Visit us at 

www.SistahLaLa.Bandcamp.com

to experience 

Journey To Freedom

Sistah LaLa's first Album Project featuring

Spirituals In Motion

Sistah LaLa: Adventures in Touring

Spirituals In Motion: Adventures in Educational Outreach

Opera Steamboat ft. Sistah LaLa

Spirituals In Motion Educational Outreach featuring Language Arts, Teamwork, History, Music

Opera Steamboat ft. Sistah LaLa

Students of Steamboat Middle School performing 

Spiritual In Motion, "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" 

after completing lyric writing workshop

Opera Steamboat ft. Sistah LaLa

Steamboat Springs High School performing

 Spirituals In Motion  

"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" 

after lyric writing workshop

Capturing the Beat: Sistah LaLa's Top Music Moments

Sistah LaLa - Adventures in Videos

Kings Highway - Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round

Filmed in the famous "Green Light District" in Copenhagen, DK, Sistah LaLa shares the rich history of the American Negro Spiritual, "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" in her arrangement, "Kings Highway".

Mamma's Composed by La'Shelle Allen for Sistah LaLa Productions c.2011

Levitt AMP Whitesburg 2022


"Believe, If You Gonna Pray"                                 Journey To Freedom

Available at www.SistahLaLa.Bandcamp.com

Chicago - "When You're Good to Mamma"

Henri Vanzant, Piano

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Troubled Waters - Wade in the Water

Spirituals In Motion 

"Troubled Waters" -"Wade in the Water" featuring Greg Harrington on Beat Box. 

Composed/Arranged by La'Shelle Allen for Sistah LaLa Productions c. 2010

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