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Sat. Oct. 22
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Singing Workshop
@ Woodlands Garden
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Sun. Oct. 23
7:00 p.m.
Becky & Elise
in Concert!
@ private home in Pine Lake
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Address sent with Registration
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Every year, the Global Village Welcome Walk is a chance for our community - including students, families, volunteers, donors, partners, and friends - to gather in the spirit of welcome. We invite you to join us and celebrate our commitment to welcoming refugees with open arms!
SAT. NOV. 5
Registration starts at 9:15 a.m.
Walk begins at 10:00 a.m. from Refuge Coffee, Clarkston
We walk to Decatur Presbyterian Church, where the Global Village Project is housed.
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SAT. OCT. 22 ~ 7:30 p.m.
@ Charis Books, our independent feminist bookstore
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Just before the pandemic, author/teacher Jessica Lander visited Global Village Project (GVP), the special purpose middle school where I use singing to teach English to teenage refugee girls with interrupted education. She was making a journey visiting special places for immigrant education... and now GVP is in her book!
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Jessica is coming to Charis Books to introduce her book to Atlanta, and, along with Mr. Crispin Ilombe Wilondja, GVP's Student & Family Engagement Manager, we will be having conversation about Jessica's new book and immigrant education.
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FREEDOM QUILT painting on canvas by students from the Global Village Project
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w/Danielle Ereddia, Rachel Smith & Charmaine Minnefield
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Live & In-Person
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Dive in!
SAT. NOV. 5
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Vocal Improvisation Workshop
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Expand your confidence and your consciousness in this singing workshop!
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Play with melody, rhythm, language, harmony, vocal production, and soul connection. Get the gritty, technical, sensual sense of how the voice can draw powerfully on vocal wisdom from many cultures.
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Explore the rainbow of colors inherent in our voices and join with other daring singers to create vocal landscapes, soulful harmonies, and impromptu sonic masterpieces. In her improvisation Singing Workshops, Elise uses games and exercises from her studies with master teachers Rhiannon, Bobbie McFerrin, David Darling, Dr. Fred Onovwerosuoke, and Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, which expand with our own creativity. We also explore SONGS as inspiration for improvisation.
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Vocal Improvisation provides a safe and supportive space to stretch out and widen vocal horizons, and to express our authentic selves.
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Music reading is not a prerequisite, but some knowledge of music theory can’t hurt.
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Give the gift of Music!
(to loved ones and yourself!)
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Click HERE to peruse the Music!
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Twenty-two of my songs have been arranged for SATB, SSAA, and TTBB choral groups by Michael Holmes. Check out the music and some beautiful performances by choirs, choruses, and small ensembles! More info click here.
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One of my favorite ways to compose is making Polyrhythmic Multi-lingual Musical Collages. I made my first one with the students of Garden Hills Elementary in Atlanta, where there were 40 languages represented. David Marcus helped me arrange a wonderful composition with native speakers layering up 10 different languages over some danceable percussion!
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This is a Spontaneous Improvisation with the audience at Steve's Live Music in Atlanta. It is a song of gratitude to live music, to all the musicians who make playing so much fun, and to folks who come to listen and are also willing to become part of the music.
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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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Elise's Upcoming Schedule
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(all times are Eastern US)
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2022
Oct. 6-27 ~ Decatur GA
Oct. 13 ~ Decatur GA
Oct. 15-16 ~ Pine Lake GA
Oct. 21 ~ Decatur GA
Oct. 22 ~ Decatur GA
Oct. 22 ~ Decatur GA
Oct. 23 ~ Pine Lake GA
Nov. 3 - Dec. 15 ~ Atlanta GA
Nov. 5 ~ Clarkston - Decatur GA
Nov. 5 ~ Atlanta GA
Nov. 7 - Dec. 12 ~ Online
Nov. 20 - Roanoke VA
Dec. 9 ~ Decatur GA
2023
Feb. 26 ~ Atlanta GA
April 20-23 ~ Ossabaw Island GA
June 1-4 ~ Eastern Shore MD
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