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SONG DEEP IN YOUR BONES
This song began in Disputanta Kentucky, at the Clear Creek Festival, a solar-powered celebration of the arts and our connection with the land. It became a choral piece arranged for Malcolm Dalglishʼs Ooolation Singers, and premiered at Yosemite National Park.
I believe that if we listen deeply, we can hear music in the wind, the water, the earth, and deep in our bones. And no matter how disconnected we get, that music is always there, when we are ready to return and listen.
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The Elise Witt Choral Series features Michael Holmes' arrangements of my songs
for SATB, TTBB, and SSAA choruses and choirs. Here is a new video of Michael doing all the parts (!) for the TTBB version.
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SONG DEEP IN YOUR BONES
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When you're feeling dry, there's water in the well
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Dip the bucket deep, dip the bucket long
Dip the bucket deep oh yeah, dip the bucket long
Dip the bucket deep now, dip the bucket long
Dip the bucket deep, dip the bucket long
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When you're feeling dry, there's water in the well
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No rain from the sky, just a tear in your eye
All alone, far from home you roam
Feeling tired, uninspired, like you're drifting away
From your heart and the part you play
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When you're feeling dry, there's water in the well
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Wind blows through the leaves, voices of the trees
Singing through the sky to the earth
Water over stones, listen in your bones
Songs that you have known before birth
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Song deep in your bones
Song deep in your bones
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Here are the Ooolation Singers in rehearsal at Yosemite National Park,
where "Song Deep In Your Bones" was premiered:
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SEPT. 7-28
4-week session
Monday evenings 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. (Eastern US)
~ Limited class size ~
You will be sent a confirmation and the zoom link for the class.
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On November 23, 2019, over 50 musicians and more than 300 audience members gathered at the Chosewood Arts Complex in Atlanta to celebrate the release of ALL SINGING: THE ELISE WITT SONGBOOK.
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Designed by Jessica Lily, with music engraving by David Marcus, the Songbook contains 58 original songs with music notation, lyrics and chords, graphics, photos, and lots of stories.
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The concert raised over $12,000 for the Global Village Project, a school for teenage refugee girls with interrupted education, where I serve as Artist-in-Residence and Director of Music Programs.
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Watch the video
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3-camera shoot by Forage Films
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Browse the Photo Album
I’m so grateful that so many musicians were willing to spend time learning one of my songs, putting their own twist on it, and being a part of the celebration.
Here are the stellar musicians who joined us (in order of appearance):
* Omelika Kuumba & the Global Village Project Drummers - FANGA ALAFIYA
* The Global Village Chorus - I SEE YOU WITH MY HEART
* Mhadi Shabazz - A SINGER POEM
* Kimberli Render w/David Marcus - SINGEN MACHT ALLES GUT
* Angie, Johnny & Jeff Mosier - LIL'S SONG
* DeDe Vogt - LAKE SONG CONVERSATION
* Ann Kilkelly, Carol Burch-Brown & Lisa Mount - NATURAL PHENOMENA
* Gayanne Geurin w/Will Robertson - YOU KNOW
* Gayanne Geurin, Travis McAfee, Deidre McCalla, Sonia Osio - EARBONE
* Travis McAfee - LIKE
* Melanie Hammet - SPIRAL
* Jessica Lily w/Daniel Jenkins - MIMOSA TIME
* The Band of Desperate Men - VENUS BETWEEN US
* John McCutcheon w/Elise Witt - BLESSED NATION
* Joyce Williams w/Elise Witt - ONLY LOVE WILL DO
* Diane Durrett & Melissa Junebug w/Elise Witt - ALL SINGING
* Eugene Wolf - THAT SILVER SLIVER OF A MOON
* Kenneth Johnson w/Mick Kinney - MY DEAREST WISH
* Sara Moylan w/Mick Kinney - AMOEBA
* Tony Godwin - BEES MAKE HONEY
* Deidre McCalla - I DO REMEMBER YOU
* Veronika Jackson - TOO BUSY FOR THE BLUES
* Ken Gregory w/Mick Kinney - PEACE WITH HARMONY
* Mick Kinney w/Evan Kinney & David Marcus - MA ROULOTTE / MY TRAILER
* Rosin Sisters w/Mick Kinney - THE FARMER & THE GYPSY
* Divas - YELLOW BUTTERFLIES
* Lisset & Judith Rodés w/ Mick Kinney & Elise Witt - SET US FREE
I’m excited to share the concert video with you. If you were there, I hope it brings back fond memories, and if you couldn't make it, I hope you enjoy this documentary of an extrordinary musical event!
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