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“Daily Antidote of Song” for Smithsonian Folkways, Library of Congress Folklife Center

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On Fri. Nov. 20 at high noon (Eastern US) I'll be offering my "Daily Antidote of Song," chosen from the Archives of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. Come sing with me, as I present "Jennie Jenkins" in her 21st Century persona! A partnership of Washington Revels and Carpe Diem Arts, the Daily Antidote ... Read More about “Daily Antidote of Song” for Smithsonian Folkways, Library of Congress Folklife Center

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Global Village Project WELCOME WALK

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Walk in the spirit of welcome to refugees & immigrants everywhere. Every year, the Global Village Welcome Walk is a chance for our community - including students, families, volunteers, donors, partners, and friends - to come together and extend our welcome to refugees and immigrants everywhere. Our 8th annual Welcome Walk will take place during the ... Read More about Global Village Project WELCOME WALK

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

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Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Authors’ Tea @ the Global Village Project

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Students from the Global Village Project, a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls, present a program featuring songs, poems, drama, and more View at GVP's Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GVPGA/ Give to GVP:  https://globalvillageproject.org/give/the-gift-of-education/

Georgia Voices for a Blue Senate

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SUN. DEC. 13 8:00 p.m. (Eastern US) Watch the Concert Live on Facebook @ 1000GrBA https://www.facebook.com/1000GrBA Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Rhiannon Giddens, Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice, Dana Goldberg, Suzy Thompson, Josh Kornbluth, and the Revival Resistance Chorus join Georgia Musicians Rising Appalachia, Deidre McCalla, Jontavious Willis, Emily Saliers, John McCutcheon, Andy Offutt Irwin, Gina Breedlove, Elise Witt, Hawkproof Rooster, Hog-Eyed Man. Art Rosenbaum, Mick & Evan Kinney, and Latinx ... Read More about Georgia Voices for a Blue Senate

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

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Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

Zoom Online

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Authors’ Tea @ the Global Village Project

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Students from the Global Village Project, a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls, present a program featuring songs, poems, drama, and more.

Daily Antidote of Song

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Join Elise at noon for the Daily Antidote of Song! A partnership of Washington Revels and Carpe Diem Arts, the Daily Antidote of Song features song leaders from across the country and around the world. Join us each day, as we energize our day with the inspiration and connection of singing together! Join at Noon in the Virtual ... Read More about Daily Antidote of Song

Boots on the Ground, Skin on the Line, sharing my song “May Our Hearts Be Filled”

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Since the beginning of the year, I've been signing my missives: "May the new year be filled with Joy and Justice, Love and Peace, Equity and Compassion, Kindness, and lots and lots of Music." It felt like it needed to be a song! I'm honored to be included in this Playlist: 25 songs, all written since ... Read More about Boots on the Ground, Skin on the Line, sharing my song “May Our Hearts Be Filled”

Rise & Sing Celebrates Elizabeth Melvin’s Birthday

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I am so pleased to join a host of wonderful song leaders to celebrate the birthday of Elizabeth Melvin, founder of the Freedom Choir in Annapolis MD, and host of Rise & Sing, which was the very first place I taught on Zoom, back at the beginning of all this...

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Daily Antidote of Song

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Join me today at noon as I lead "I See You With My Heart," a song I wrote with my students from the Global Village Project, the special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls, where I use singing to teach English.

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

Zoom Online

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Kids Music Mashup

Facebook Live Online

A big afternoon of singing, dancing, and fun for kids of all ages! Sponsored by the Children's Music Network.

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

Zoom Online

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Alternate ROOTS weekend

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Southern Soil: Collective Liberations in partnership with the Land https://alternateroots.org/  

Singing for Fun For Everyone

SAT. June 5th2:00 - 3:45 p.m. Eastern USRegister here for the Workshop:https://peoplesmusic.org/event-4340729* part of the People's Music Network Summer ConvergenceThe Summer Convergence of the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle takes place June 4-6, 2021 in a series of Zoom Rooms, led by experienced facilitators. This global online event includes an opening concert, multiple workshops ... Read More about Singing for Fun For Everyone

Choral Commons hosts a Round Table discussion on Communal Singing & Forced Migration

June 9th8:00 - 9:30pmThe Choral Commons is a media platform that provides a space for singing communities to realize the liberatory potential of the ensemble as a site of radical imagining. We promote equitable artistic and organizational practices that harness the positive social impacts of participatory music making for the common good and confront racism, ... Read More about Choral Commons hosts a Round Table discussion on Communal Singing & Forced Migration

World Refugee Day

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June 20th, 2021 GlobalVillageProject.org View at GVP’s Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GVPGA/ Give to GVP:  https://globalvillageproject.org/give/the-gift-of-education/    

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ Week-long Singing Workshop @ John C. Campbell Folk School

John C. Campbell Folk School 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC, United States

Enjoy a singing class taught in a style so approachable that, before you know it, the room is in perfect harmony! Learn more about your own voice and enjoy community building through group singing. Expect a diverse array of songs from around the world and close to home, broken down into easy-to-learn parts and thrilling ... Read More about An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ Week-long Singing Workshop @ John C. Campbell Folk School

$630.00

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SINGING for FUN for EVERYONE

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Sing @ Woodland Gardens

Woodlands Gardens 932 Scott Blvd, Decatur, Georgia, United States

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ Live in the Pavilion at Woodlands Garden! You must be vaccinated.

Sing @ Woodland Gardens

Woodlands Gardens 932 Scott Blvd, Decatur, Georgia, United States

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ Live in the Pavilion at Woodlands Garden! You must be vaccinated.

Alternate ROOTS week

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Southern Soil: Collective Liberations in partnership with the Land https://alternateroots.org/

Get Off the Grid Fest @ Camp Jordan

AUG. 20-22Three days of learning, music, dance, and fun... all powered by the Sun!@ Camp JordanEast Ridge (near Chattanooga) TNSAT. AUG. 2112:00 QUARANTINE QUARTETElise Witt, Mick Kinney,Lisset & Judith Rodésw/Special GuestsIrina Vazquez - violinista cubanaLeo Moreno - percusionista brasilianoand12:45 An Impromptu Glorious ChorusSinging Workshop with EliseUnique among music festivals, GET OFF THE GRID FEST immerses festival-goers ... Read More about Get Off the Grid Fest @ Camp Jordan

SING for HAITI

A Community Sing to raise funds for Haitian earthquake victims ~ All proceeds going to Haitian relief organizations ~ Elizabeth Melvin ~ Roberta Kirn ~ Maggie Wheeler, Claudia Zanes ~ Elise Witt ~ Arnaé Batson

ONLINE Singing for FUN for Everyone

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Dance Party for Dancing Well: The Soldier Project

Sept. 17th @ 4pmDancing Well provides dances for veterans and families affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and brain injury and for others through virtual dance events. http://www.dancingwell.org/dance-with-usWEEKLY VIRTUAL DANCE PARTIES!In this time of social distancing, we are taking our dancing online! Join us for our weekly Dance Party for Kids (and Kids-At-Heart). All are welcome ... Read More about Dance Party for Dancing Well: The Soldier Project

Daily Antidote of Song: Global Voice Week

This week I am hosting GLOBAL VOICES for the Daily Antidote of Song! Come meet some of my longtime and new friends from around the world! Note how many of our song leaders have left their native lands, either by choice or by forced migration.

ONLINE Singing for FUN for Everyone

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

GVP Online Authors Tea “Welcome” unit

Students from the Global Village Project, a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls, present a program featuring songs, poems, drama, and more.

Carpe Diem Family Sing

Oct. 21st Online at 6:30pmCommunity Family SingPlease join us and sing along!Join us as we celebrate in song October as Global Diversity month and Arts & Humanities month. Stay 'til the end to catch our October birthdays video!Our special guest song leader is Devin Walker!More details to come.Let us know you are coming!  https://www.facebook.com/events/292970342168213TO JOIN THE ... Read More about Carpe Diem Family Sing

ONLINE Singing for FUN for Everyone

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Elise on Daily Antidote of Song

Join us each day at 12 noon for the inspiration, connection, and joy of singing together! Our growing community includes song leaders and participants from across the country and around the world.

December ONLINE Singing for FUN for Everyone

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

GVP Online Authors Tea “Wax Museum”

Students from the Global Village Project, a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls, present a program featuring songs, poems, drama, and more.

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™

First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta 470 Candler Park Dr., Atlanta, GA, United States

Low Pressure, High Pleasure Community Singing. Elise leads sessions of glorious group singing, teaching community singing workshops in a style so easy that, before you know it, the room is in perfect harmony! Full vaccination required and pre-registration required.

An Impromptu Glorious Chorus™

First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta 470 Candler Park Dr., Atlanta, GA, United States

Low Pressure, High Pleasure Community Singing. Elise leads sessions of glorious group singing, teaching community singing workshops in a style so easy that, before you know it, the room is in perfect harmony! Full vaccination required and pre-registration required.

Elise hosts Daily Antidote of Song with Rebekka Goldsmith

Daily Antidote of Song: Making each day better, one song at a time! Rebekka uses voice as a physical, emotional and spiritual practice for activating personal development and supporting deep group connection. Join us each day at 12 noon for the inspiration, connection, and joy of singing together!

Elise hosts Daily Antidote of Song with Sol y Canto

Daily Antidote of Song: Making each day better, one song at a time! Featuring Rosi’s crystalline voice, Brian’s lush Spanish guitar, and virtuoso musicians from Latin America and the U.S. on winds, bass, and percussion, the group has established a reputation for their quirky original compositions that address matters of the heart, social and global aspiration, and for their unique and driving interpretations of contemporary Latin music. Join us each day at 12 noon for the inspiration, connection, and joy of singing together!

Elise hosts Daily Antidote of Song with Becky Reardon

Daily Antidote of Song: Making each day better, one song at a time! Sometimes jazzy and fun-loving, sometimes trance-inducing and deeply spiritual, Becky Reardon's music always conveys her passion for the natural world and the cycles of life. Join us each day at 12 noon for the inspiration, connection, and joy of singing together!

January ONLINE Singing for FUN for Everyone

Discover, explore, and expand your natural voice. Singing for Fun is both a forum for individuals to learn more about their own voice, and a way to build community through group singing. The workshop includes body and voice integration, calling in elements of Tai Chi, Yoga, and Alexander Technique, as well as dance, theater, and vocal improvisation to focus on breath and ease of movement.

Elise hosts Daily Antidote of Song with Gayanne Geurin

Daily Antidote of Song: Making each day better, one song at a time! Gayanne builds community through song by creating organic musical spaces that help participants experience music in new ways and deepen their connections to each other. Join us each day at 12 noon for the inspiration, connection, and joy of singing together!

Elise hosts Daily Antidote of Song with Arnaé Batson

Arnaé Batson is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and song leader who uses music to create spiritual pathways for health and wholeness while advocating for progressive social change. Her dedication to racial and environmental justice is an extension of her work with the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Sweet Honey In The Rock. Join us each day at 12 noon for the inspiration, connection, and joy of singing together! Our growing community includes song leaders and participants from across the country and around the world.

Ready or Not Premiere on Daily Antidote of Song

Sponsored by Carpe Diem Arts! and the Daily Antidote of Song, the film, “Ready or Not”, is a collaborative project featuring artworks from the community and a virtual chorus, inspired by this idea of journey and what is most precious. Join at 12 noon for the Official Premiere!

Your workshop was totally inspiring!
Joanna
New noise theatre, new orleans lA
Elise teaches great ways to access your deepest, most authentic, most beautiful voice.
Leila
Atlanta, Ga
Elise is a master at guiding voices and opening hearts.
Chorus Manager, WomanSong
Asheville, NC
You don't know how much I needed exactly what you gathered and offered - musically and spiritually.
Lynn
Decatur, GA
You help create positive, transformative experiences for people of all ages.
Outreach Director, LEAF Lake Eden Arts Festival
Black Mountain, nc