Little Miss Ann

Whether it's with her band or solo, Little Miss Ann plays upbeat, interactive fun songs that kids will sing, jump and dance along to! 

Little Miss Ann is a Chicago-based, nationally touring kids musician who has made 7 award-winning Family Music albums. She is also a former Chicago Public School teacher, an instructor at Chicago's iconic Old Town School of Folk Music, a social justice activist, and a first generation Filipina American. Whether Ann is singing about Ube, a Filipino purple yam, or the 606, a landmark trail in Chicago, her musical themes will inspire kids to let their own light shine in their own families as well as in their communities!

Ann Torralba, aka Little Miss Ann, is an award-winning Chicago kids musician, a former Chicago Public School teacher, an instructor at Chicago’s iconic Old Town School of Folk Music, a mom, a social rights activist, a governor for the Chicago Recording Academy Chapter as well as DEI Ambassador, and a first generation Filipina American. 

Little Miss Ann has made 7 family music albums that span different genres such as indie, folk, rock, punk, country, bluegrass and more.  Ann sings and plays guitar, ukulele, various flutes, and percussional instruments on her albums. Little Miss Ann’s last EP "Welcome Spring" was produced by Grammy winning producer, Dean Jones. She has received wonderful accolades for her albums such as NAAPA award and Parent's Choice Award. 

Besides writing, recording and performing reinvented classics and soulful originals that all children can enjoy, Little Miss Ann has also written and collaborated on songs that highlight her Filipina American culture. The songs include “Ube”, a song about a Filipino dessert ingredient (a purple yam) and “Stars on the Island”, a song about a Filipina-American daughter going to “where her parents are from” the Phillippines for the first time during the holidays. Here, she observes “Parols” which are decorative stars that line the streets of the Phillippines during the holidays. She also collaborated on a song with fellow Fil-Am kindie rocker Mista Cookie Jar, CJ Pizarro, on a song about a favorite Filipino dessert called “Halo-Halo”. All songs were on rotation on Sirius XM Kids Place Live as well as some of her other originals like "28 Days", "We Go Together Very Well" "Welcome Spring" and more. This is a positive step towards more representation for Asian Americans who have been underrepresented in family music for many years. 

Little Miss Ann enjoys collaborating with other family artists including family music supergroup, “Kindiana Jones”, a band consisting of kids musicians from across the country. Their songs include “You got it”, “The Questions”, and “Virtual Hug” Another song collaboration includes “Fly, Shine, Soar”. Little Miss Ann wrote and re-recorded this song with Latin Grammy winning bilingual artists, 123 Andres. 

Little Miss Ann has performed everywhere from New York to Nashville to Los Angeles with the Little Miss Ann Band which includes her husband, the drummer, Patrick Milani. They have played notable festivals like SXSW, Lollapalooza, Nashville's Pilgrimage as well music venues like the Strathmore Theater, Overture Center, NYC's Brookfield Place, and Millenium Park.

Besides making music for kids, Little Miss Ann also co-hosts a kids music podcast "Joy Up" with New Jersey based kids musician, Michael Napolitano of Michael and the Rockness Monsters

While Little Miss Ann enjoys recording and performing as a family musician, Little Miss Ann has also produced several charity concerts, written about all things “Kindie” such as Lollapalooza Kids stage round up of artists and gives workshops about the benefits of music in homes and classrooms at National Early Childhood conventions.  Little Miss Ann is actively involved with Family Music Forward, a diverse collaboration of family artists who seek to amplify black family artists in Family Music. She is also currently a Governor for the Chicago Chapter of the Recording Academy GRAMMYS®

Outside of music, Ann enjoys hiking, cooking all sorts of foods, playing tennis and spending time with family and friends.

For over a decade, Little Miss Ann has shows her true passion and love for family music. She feels grateful for having found her true calling and being supported in many ways by the family music community.