Elise Witt’s concerts of Global, Local & Homemade Songs™ and her Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ workshops create and connect singing communities around the world. Born in Switzerland, raised in NC, and living in Atlanta since 1977, Elise speaks 5 languages fluently and sings in at least a dozen more. From 2009-2024, Elise served as Director of Music Programs at the Global Village Project, (GVP) a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls in Atlanta, Georgia. Imagine a Circle: The Global Village Songbook: Using Singing and Songwriting to Teach English for Multi-lingual Learners is a book of 55 songs written by, with, and for the GVP students. The Elise Witt Choral Series features choral arrangements of Elise’s compositions, and she recently published All Singing, a songbook with 58 original songs for solo and community singing.