Orr is the former president of Warren Wilson College and founder of the Swannanoa Gathering, an annual summer music festival. Orr co-wrote his landmark study with Fiona Ritchie, host of the “Thistle & Shamrock” public radio show. Darcy Orr provided illustrations for the book, which won the 2015 Thomas Wolfe Literary Award.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Through multi-lingual singing, students will gain a perception of the rich differences that exist between cultures, while also sensing the universal nature of music that binds the world together as one family. Students may learn a bi-lingual Puerto Rican song celebrating the human family, a Kiswahili counting song, an animal song in French, a clock song in Danish, a mystery song in Japanese, or a New Orleans vegetarian jazz song. Many songs will also be accompanied with Sign Language.
Community Singing Workshop. All of the songs are broken down into easily learnable parts and become thrilling to sing in a group. Even people who think they “can’t carry a tune in a bucket” in no time find themselves part of an Impromptu Glorious Chorus™.
with Elise Witt & special guests in the in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC community.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
South Arts and Creative Placemaking Communities (CPC) will present the 2024 South and Appalachian Creative Placemaking Summit to take place in Atlanta, GA, March 5-8, 2024. Elise with be on a Pavel at 10:00am.
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Rebekka believes in the sacred and liberatory potential of the voice and the transformational power of people singing together. Singing together for 1000+ days! Join us every day at 12 noon ET for inspiration, connection, and the joy of singing! Our song leaders, hosts, and participants come from across the country and around the world.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
A native of Washington, DC, Diane White-Clayton holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in music composition from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a B.A. degree in music from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri with emphases in composition, voice, and piano. As a rotary scholar, she studied classical piano at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, performing solo gospel concerts throughout Europe as an Ambassador of Goodwill. Singing together for 1000+ days! Join us every day at 12 noon ET for inspiration, connection, and the joy of singing! Our song leaders, hosts, and participants come from across the country and around the world.
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Join AYS Treble Concert Choir & Youth Chorale, Artist-in-Residence singer/composer Elise Witt, and community partners from Global Village Project as we share powerful works by Elise Witt, Henk Badings, Susan Brumfield, Flory Jagoda, J. David Moore, Rosephanye Powell & Judith Shatin.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Singing together for 1000+ days! Join us every day at 12 noon ET for inspiration, connection, and the joy of singing! Our song leaders, hosts, and participants come from across the country and around the world.
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Each Authors' Tea includes a short program followed by a reception. Student authors work very hard with our faculty to plan and produce a program that highlights their accomplishments as well as GVP’s unique and innovative approach to teaching and learning. The reception provides an opportunity for guests to mingle and converse with students, faculty, volunteers, and friends as we continue to grow our global village.
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Thomas Goldsmith explores the origins and influence of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" against the backdrop of Scruggs's legendary career. Singing together for 1000+ days! Join us every day at 12 noon ET for inspiration, connection, and the joy of singing! Our song leaders, hosts, and participants come from across the country and around the world.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Folk singer, songwriter and educator Sally Rogers has performed from coast to coast for forty years! She has performed for audiences around the world at festivals, concerts, schools, and most any other public place you can imagine. Singing together for 1000+ days! Join us every day at 12 noon ET for inspiration, connection, and the joy of singing! Our song leaders, hosts, and participants come from across the country and around the world.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Join us on Earth Day, for an opportunity to bring full awareness to this beautiful piece of Earth. Ossabaw Island provides a unique ecosystem to connect deeply with nature, the human story of this place, and the creative expressions that unfold. Elise and Gayanne will lay a framework for connecting with each other and the land/water as all of this offers a conduit to our creativity.
Tribute to Education is GVP's annual event which honors the achievements of our graduating class, and mobilizes funding to support our existing and continuing students. The impact of your sponsorship will be put to work immediately to help us provide a transformative educational model to meet the needs for refugee girls and amplify the strengths, skills, and voices they bring to our learning community.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Each Authors' Tea includes a short program followed by a reception. Student authors work very hard with our faculty to plan and produce a program that highlights their accomplishments as well as GVP’s unique and innovative approach to teaching and learning. The reception provides an opportunity for guests to mingle and converse with students, faculty, volunteers, and friends as we continue to grow our global village.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
For over a decade, Atlanta poet STEPHEN WING
has been exploring the city’s many hidden pockets
of wild nature with a group of fellow poets. These poems
offer a sampling of the riches he has found there –
treasures worth preserving as the city expands
its footprint of concrete and powerlines.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Low pressure, high pleasure! Discover the joy of singing in glorious group harmony. Learn rounds, part songs, folk songs, and international songs, all broken down into easily learnable pieces. Maybe even experiment with birthing a new musical creation of your own. Singers of all abilities, styles, and experience are welcome.
NATURAL RHYTHMS
Terry Garthwaite (Lagunitas CA), Becky Reardon (Questa NM), Elise Witt (Pine Lake GA)
Imagine Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Annie Ross and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. Seuss and you’ll have some idea of these mad and moving musical adventures!
NATURAL RHYTHMS
Terry Garthwaite (Lagunitas CA), Becky Reardon (Questa NM), Elise Witt (Pine Lake GA)
Imagine Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Annie Ross and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. Seuss and you’ll have some idea of these mad and moving musical adventures.
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Though we’ve now been able to have occasional live and in person sings, we are still going strong online, with ever more fun ways to be together in the virtual space. It’s been lovely having folks from Canada, Vermont, California, Alabama, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado, Tennessee, Michigan, and Virginia, join our regular Atlanta crew of singers. And there are so many wonderful new songs to enjoy in this new format. Come join us!
Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice with Singing for FUN for EVERYONE. Singers learn songs that explore the vast expression of harmony from around the world. There are also lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Elise originals, and lots more! Singers of all levels of experience are welcome.
NATURAL RHYTHMS
Terry Garthwaite (Lagunitas CA), Becky Reardon (Questa NM), Elise Witt (Pine Lake GA)
Imagine Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Annie Ross and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. Seuss and you’ll have some idea of these mad and moving musical adventures.
NATURAL RHYTHMS
Terry Garthwaite (Lagunitas CA), Becky Reardon (Questa NM), Elise Witt (Pine Lake GA)
Imagine Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Annie Ross and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. Seuss and you’ll have some idea of these mad and moving musical adventures.
NATURAL RHYTHMS
Terry Garthwaite (Lagunitas CA), Becky Reardon (Questa NM), Elise Witt (Pine Lake GA)
Imagine Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Annie Ross and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. Seuss and you’ll have some idea of these mad and moving musical adventures.
NATURAL RHYTHMS
Terry Garthwaite (Lagunitas CA), Becky Reardon (Questa NM), Elise Witt (Pine Lake GA)
Imagine Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Annie Ross and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Barbara Kingsolver and Dr. Seuss and you’ll have some idea of these mad and moving musical adventures.