Lytingale (Lois Henrickson)

A prolific songwriter (about 350+ songs - I stopped counting!) and versatile musician (vocals, keyboards, guitar, flute, alto flute, dulcimer, hand drums, and awesome kazoo), "Lyte" has 3 albums (Home To My Heart on CD & Cassette, and Altar of Love and Inspirations on Cassette) as well as sheet music available from EnLyteN. She is also the author of a workshop and book on reshaping and updating church music called Growing Your Church Music Program. 

Born in Farmington, Connecticut, she took voice lessons at Hartt School of Music, performed in school concerts and shows, and did roles for Myth Farmington community theater.  

As a freshman at Ithaca College, she was featured in their Opera Workshop.  She transferred to the University of Connecticut where she graduated summa cum laude, University Scholar with a major in Music Education (voice)... singing Mozart for classes, and Grace Slick with a rock band on weekends.  In Richmond VA and Washington DC she performed in a folk duo called Crystal Blue Breeze.

She currently composes, accompanies, and sings with Womansong, Asheville's oldest and largest women's community chorus. (Two of her original songs appear on their CD "Everybody Got Her Own.")

• Editor for the Unity News & Views, a 20-page tabloid newspaper that is published bi-monthly, 
• Webmaster for Unity of western NC, creating and maintaining our 200+-page spiritual journal website, and 
• Minister of Music (and leader of The Unitic Band)  
• Co-Director and performer for their annual "Unity Plays Broadway" Show
• Coordinator for the monthly Unity Concert Series, where she also performs in several of the concerts, including "Unitics Go Classic."

She is a frequent performer at the annual UMMAS Retreat, and has performed for other regional and national Unity conferences. She performs solo, with The Unitic Band, or in Trilogy (trio with voice/keyboard, flute, bass). 

She sings at many weddings, and teaches private voice lessons.

• Home To My Heart Songbook  (full piano arrangements + lead sheets): 12 songs: $15
  
• Gentle Songs (lead sheets: melody, words, chord names): 19 songs for group singing: $5
  
• X Growing Your Church Music Program (book): $10 - OUT OF PRINT

• Lytingale & The Unitic Band - the "house band" at Unity Center 
• Unity Concert Series
• Trilogy - Lytingale, Georgia & Joel Pressman
• UMMAS Retreat in western North Carolina
• Womansong - women's community chorus in Asheville