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Please use THIS (new) LINK to submit your ART for

WHO TAUGHT YOU inspired by the Brazilian Folk Song "Quem Te Ensinou"

the 3rd ART-MUSIC-VIDEO Project

Here's how to participate ~

1 - Watch Mick & me premiere the project on the Daily Antidote of Song (you can scroll foward to 6:29 where we start the song) Watch HERE

2 - Ponder the LYRICS (see below) and create an Art Work for one of the Verses (or use one of your existing pieces)

3 - Upload an IMAGE of your ART to this FOLDER

4 - All the Artworks will be compiled into the new Art-Music-Video by filmmaker Monica Villavicencio

Deadline for Submissions is JAN. 18

Here are the 2 previous ART MUSIC VIDEOS -

JENNY JENKINS (2020)

READY OR NOT (2022)

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WHO TAUGHT YOU?
from the Brazilian folk song “Quem Te Ensinou A Nadar?”
New verses by Elise Witt ©Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP

Quem te ensinou a NADAR?

Tell me who taught you to SWIM?
Foi, foi marinheiro, Foi os PEIXINHOS do mar
FISH, Fish oh my darling,
Fish are who taught me to SWIM.

Nadar / Swim - Peixinhos / Fish

Cantar / Sing ~ Baleias / Whales

Dançar / Dance - Passarinhos / Birds

Escalar / Climb - Macacos / Monkeys

Esconder / Hide - Camaleão / Chameleon

Acordar / Wake Galo - Rooster

Construir / Build - Formigas /Ants
Esperar / Wait - Pedra / Stone

Esperançar / Hope - O Nascer do Sol / Sunrise

Alcançar / Reach - Maciera / Apple Tree

Mudar / Shift - Nuvens / Clouds

Subir / Rise - Vulcão / Volcano

Voar / Soar - Garça / Heron

Amar / Love - Voçe / You

Agradecimento Especial / Special Thanks to:
Evan Kinney - recording, engineering, mixing, mastering in Pine Lake Georgia
Mick Kinney - menagerie of instruments
Zuza Gonçalves for sharing the song
Rodolpho “Dodô” Pereira Martins for vocals & help with the Portuguese
Andre Moraes Studio - recording Dodô’s vocals in Sao Paolo, Brazil
The Daily Antidote of Song & Carpe Diem Arts!

THURSDAY SINGING i@ Wylde Center

Jan. 8-29

6:15 optional Qigong warm up / 6:45 - 8:00 p.m. Class

Register HERE

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Mondays on ZOOM

Jan. 5-26

7:30 - 8:45 p.m.

Register HERE

2 Live Albums available on BandCamp!!

https://elisewitt.bandcamp.com/

IMAGINE A CIRCLE: The Global Village Songbook

Teaching English through Singing & Songwriting w/Multilingual Learners

55 songs written by, for, and with the students of the Global Village Project!

Designed by artist Jessica Lily, the book includes song lyrics, music notation,

stories about the songs, teaching tips, and striking student artwork!

Available as PRINT BOOK

and/or DIGITAL DOWNLOAD w/all the SOUND RECORDINGS

Purchase the book: https://elisewitt.com/web/gvp-songbook/

All proceeds benefit the Global Village Project,
a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls with interrupted education.
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Give the gift of Music!

(to loved ones and yourself!)

CD Covers together

CDs & Digital Downloads

Done with CDs? You can now get any of my music as digital downloads.

And yes, CDs are still available, (though Love Being Here and the archival Elise Witt & Small Family Orchestra double CD are almost sold out)

Click HERE to peruse the Music!

All Singing: The Elise Witt Songbook

58 original songs arranged for solo and community singing

“Elise’s provocative songs ask you to think, to act, to enjoy, to fully engage in life. She invites you to stretch not only your voice, but your expectations and assumptions.”

~ Terry Garthwaite, Joy of Cooking, Natural Rhythms, composer, concert artist

"A beautiful and breathtaking songbook in its variety of wonderful songs, its scope of musical styles and subjects, its accessible and lovely artistic design, and its charming stories about each piece, as well as about Elise's remarkable journey through her musical life. Elise's brilliant artistry shines through these pages!"

~ Joanne Hammil, composer, performer, choral director

* Elise Witt w:Songbook, photo by Jessica Lily
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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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Harry Belafonte - 0ne of my earliest musical influences and my first LP. Here are the Global Village Project students singing "TURN THE WORLD AROUND," his wonderful song inspired by a story from Guinea.
Click here to watch
"Breathe in, Breathe Out," Hiphop Taichi - Cate Morrill's class at the Swannanoa Gathering, accompanied by Maurice & Carlton Turner (M.U.G.A.B.E.E. Men Under Guidance Acting Before Early Extinction) and ASL Signing by Rachel Schlafer Parton
Click here to watch
Did you know that the first bone to develop in our body is the EARBONE? Here is my Earbone poem, improvised with accompaniment by Becky Reardon, Terry Garthwaite, Molly Es, and Liza Constable, at the Stone Church in Brattleboro VT.
Click here to watch
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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.
Click here to watch the whole concert
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Elise's Upcoming Schedule

(all times are Eastern US)

2026

Jan. 5-26 ~ Zoom

7:30 - 8:45 p.m. Singing for Fun month-long class online

Jan. 8-29 ~ Decatur GA

6:15 p.m. optional qigong warm up / 6:45-8:00 p.m. An Impromptu Glorious Chorus community singing class @ Wylde Center

Jan. 10 ~ Chattanooga TN

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Ann Impromptu Glorious Chorus community singing workshop
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Community Pot Luck
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Concert of Global ,Local & Homemade Songs

Jan. 18 ~ Deadline

Submit your Art via this Folder

Jan. 19 ~ Conyers GA

11:00 a.m. An Impromptu Glorious Chorus with the Prime Timers

Jan. 25 ~ Zoom

12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Elise hosts Andre Moraes (São Paolo. Brazil) on the Daily Antidote of Song

Feb. 4-8 ~ Zoom

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. / 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. / 10 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Global Harmony Summit - 5 days of singing with Song Leaders from around the world - Details coming soon!

Feb. 8 ~ Zoom

12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Elise hosts Nora Jane Struthers (Nashville TN) on the Daily Antidote of Song

April 17-20 ~ Ossabaw Island GA

4-day retreat on Georgia's first Nature Preserve w/Becky Reardon (sold out)

June 28 - July 3~ Brasstown NC

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™: Harmony Singing for All - week-long workshop @ John C. Campbell Folk School

July 26 - Aug. 1~ Swananoa NC

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™:classes for Contemporary Folk & Guitar Week @ the Swannanoa Gathering

Aug. 7-9 (tentative dates) ~ Appleton WI

Residency w/Lawrence Community Girl Choir

Sept. 19 ~ Atlanta GA

7:00 p.m.Concert for Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music w/special guests

Nov. 1-12 (tentative dates) ~ Appleton WI

Residency w/Lawrence Community Girl Choir

Dec. 4-5 ~ Appleton WI

Concert w/Lawrence Community Girl Choir

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