{"id":3310,"date":"2014-02-26T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T20:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webdesign.jessica-lily.com\/elisewitt\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2019-08-19T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T20:58:18","slug":"elises-resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/about-elise-witt\/elises-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise Witt’s Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"

> Download PDF : Elise’s Resume<\/a><\/p>\n

SINGER \u2022 COMPOSER \u2022 EDUCATOR
\nRECORDING ARTIST \u2022 COMMUNITY ACTIVIST<\/h2>\n

P.O. Box 148 \u2022 Pine Lake GA 30072 \u2022 (404) 297-8398 \u2022 elisemwitt@gmail.com \u2022 www.EliseWitt.com<\/p>\n

EDUCATION & TRAINING<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Born 1953 in Bern, Switzerland
\n\u2022 B.A. in French, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1976
\n\u2022 Dipl\u00f4me de Fran\u00e7ais, Universit\u00e9 de Lyon, 1972
\n\u2022 Professional development in vocal improvisation, world music, and vocal production: Bobby McFerrin<\/a>, Dr. Ysaye Barnwell<\/a>, Rhiannon<\/a>, David Darling<\/a>, Sam Rivers<\/a>, Dr. Fred Onovwerosuoke<\/a>, Barbara McAfee<\/a><\/p>\n

LANGUAGES<\/strong>
\nFluent<\/em> \u2022 German \u2022 French \u2022 Italian \u2022 Spanish \u2022 English
\nFor Singing<\/em> \u2022 Kiswahili, \u2022 Kikongo \u2022 Japanese \u2022 Greek \u2022 Russian \u2022 Hebrew \u2022 Portuguese \u2022 Arabic \u2022 Sign<\/p>\n

INSTRUMENTS<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Voice (main) \u2022 Guitar (accompaniment) \u2022 Piano & Kalimba (composing & accompaniment)<\/p>\n

PERFORMANCE<\/strong>
\nRepresentative U.S. performance venues<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Lincoln Center \u2022 Vanderbilt University \u2022 Carnegie Hall \u2022 Cambridge Multicultural Center \u2022 Kennedy Center \u2022 NC Museum of Art \u2022 Habitat for Humanity \u2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change \u2022 Mabel Dodge Luhan Arts Center \u2022 Strathmore Center \u2022 Lake Eden Arts Festival \u2022 Clearwater Hudson River Revival \u2022 Falcon Ridge Festival \u2022 Emory University \u2022 Rialto Center for the Arts \u2022 Savannah Music Festival \u2022 Georgia Folk Festival \u2022 ROOTS Fest \u2022 Eddie\u2019s Attic \u2022 Bluebird Cafe \u2022 Passim \u2022 Folkway \u2022 LEAF Lake Eden Arts Festival
\nInternational Tours<\/strong>
\n\u2022 South Africa \u2022 Italy \u2022 Nicaragua \u2022 Switzerland \u2022 China \u2022 Bosnia<\/p>\n

HONORS, DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Recipient, Music Composer Award, National League of American Pen Women, 2017
\n\u2022 Recipient, William L. Womack Creative Arts Award, 2015
\n\u2022 Fellow, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences \u2013 2002-present
\n\u2022 Fellow, Atlantic Center for the Arts with jazz composer Sam Rivers, 2006
\n\u2022 Best of Atlanta, Critics\u2019 Pick, Creative Loafing Atlanta
\n\u2022 Representative for the State of Georgia at the Kennedy Center\u2019s 25th Anniversary
\n\u2022 International Cultural Ambassador: South Africa, Italy, Nicaragua, Switzerland, China, Bosnia
\n\u2022 Artistic Assistance Grants from Alternate ROOTS\/Ford Foundation – 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016
\n\u2022 Artistic Director, Sing & Swing Week, The Swannanoa Gathering \u2013 2000-2007
\n\u2022 Keynote Speaker: Massachusetts Childcare Conference; Save the Children Foundation National Meeting
\n\u2022 Keynote Speaker: East Tennessee State University Conference on Early Childhood Education
\n\u2022 Panelist: Southern Arts Federation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Consortium, Georgia Council for the Arts, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Fulton County Arts Council, Alternate ROOTS<\/p>\n

TEACHING & COMMUNITY OUTREACH<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Music Director, Global Village Project, Decatur GA (mid. school for teenage refugee girls) 2009-present
\n\u2022 Teaching Artist – Elementary, Middle & High Schools, Colleges, Universities, Arts Councils – 1988-present
\n\u2022 Workshop Leader at Festivals, Conferences, Universities, Arts Camps \u20131977-present
\n\u2022 Vocal Teacher for professional singers, artists in other disciplines, and community groups – 1977-present<\/p>\n

CHORAL & SYMPHONIC<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Composer – Elise Witt Choral Series, Arrangements by Michael Holmes
\n\u2022 Guest Clinician\/Director\/Composer – choruses & choirs nationwide
\n\u2022 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus & Chamber Chorus – Robert Shaw, conductor, 1980-2000
\n\u2022 Robert Shaw Chamber Singers: Resident Choir – Spivey Hall, Carnegie Hall, 1980-2000
\n\u2022 Carolina Choir – Tour of Austria\/Yugoslavia \u2013 Lara Hoggard, conductor 1971-75<\/p>\n

RECORDINGS<\/strong>
\nSolo Recordings<\/strong>
\n\u2022 We\u2019re All BORN SINGING \u2022 Valise \u2022 Love Being Here \u2022 Open the Window \u2022 Mezzanine
\nRecordings with Elise Witt & Small Family Orchestra<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Premiere Album \u2022 Having a Great Time \u2022 Live at WREK \u2022 Holding On \u2022 Farewell Concert
\nRecordings with other artists<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Fields of War and Peace \/ Campos de Guerra y Paz (Mauricio Amaya)
\n\u2022 Harmonies from the Hill (Highlander Center 75th Anniversary) \u2022 The Big Silly (Eric Litwin) \u2022 Every Burden Shall Be Rolled Away (The Divas) \u2022 Food for the Long Haul (Jesse Palidofsky) \u2022 Natural Rhythms (Terry Garthwaite & Becky Reardon)<\/p>\n

FILMS<\/strong> (Documentaries about Elise Witt, and Elise Witt music used in films)
\n\u2022 203 Days (2007 CINE Golden Eagle Award) by Bailey Barash
\n\u2022 One Night at the Rialto by David Zeiger
\n\u2022 Who\u2019s That Stranger by George King
\n\u2022 Notes From Nicaragua by George King
\n\u2022 Walk in Peace by Jubilee Partners
\n\u2022 Waiting Children by Carol Burch Brown<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS<\/strong> (Articles by and articles about Elise Witt)
\n\u2022 All Singing: The Elise Witt Songbook, 58 original songs arranged for solo and ensemble singing, 2019<\/p>\n

\u2022 Connections (publication of Music for People, the improvisers\u2019 network) 2016
\n\u2022 Public (international journal of higher education community engagement) 2015
\n\u2022 High Performance Magazine (national publication of innovative community art making)
\n\u2022 Pass It On! (national publication for arts education)<\/p>\n

ROSTER ARTIST<\/strong>
\n\u2022 National Endowment for the Arts: Alternate ROOTS Tour Program
\n\u2022 State Arts Councils:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Georgia Council for the Arts
\n\u2022 Tennessee Arts Commission
\n\u2022 South Carolina Arts Commission
\n\u2022 North Carolina Arts Council
\n\u2022 Alabama State Council on the Arts
\n\u2022 Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
\n\u2022 Local arts agencies across the US and abroad<\/p>\n

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS<\/strong>
\n\u2022 American Federation of Musicians \u2013 Local 1000<\/a>
\n\u2022 Alternate ROOTS<\/a> (Southeast US coalition of artists working at the intersection of arts and activism)
\n\u2022 ASCAP<\/a> (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers)
\n\u2022 Music for People<\/a> (international improvisers\u2019 network)
\n\u2022 Children\u2019s Music Network<\/a> (national consortium of artist\/educators)
\n\u2022 Highlander Research and Education Center<\/a><\/p>\n

ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS & MULTI-MEDIA PROJECTS<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Composer\/Arranger: “Mujeres al Filo del Agua\/Women at Water’s Edge w\/Mujeres en Ritual & Dora Areola, Miroslava Wilson & Celeste Miller, Tijuana Mexico 2019<\/p>\n

\u2022 Composer\/Director: Space is the New Place (multi-media, multi-disciplinary STEAM performance project) Drew Charter School, Atlanta GA 2017, 2018
\n\u2022 Composer\/Performer: Marsh Suite<\/a> (Inter-media collaboration) Martinsville VA, 2017
\n\u2022 Natural Rhythms<\/a>: Performance Trio w\/ Becky Reardon & Terry Garthwaite 2010-present
\n\u2022 Presenter, Cucalorus Film Festival<\/a>, Wilmington NC 2016
\n\u2022 Director, One Voice Community Chorus for ROOTSFest, Baltimore MD, 2011 w\/Dr. Fred Onovwerosuoke (African Musical Arts), Darryl Moch (Charm City Labor Chorus), Tony Winston (Payne Memorial AME Church)
\n\u2022 Composer\/Performer: Singing Darwin<\/a> (24 hr. multi-media performance) Blacksburg VA 2009
\n\u2022 SOAW School of the Americas Watch, Musicians Collective 2008-2015
\n\u2022 Five Women from the South (commissioned by New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center) w\/ Paula Larke, Linda Parris-Bailey, Jo Carson, Celeste Miller
\n\u2022 Solo Theatrical Performances directed by Celeste Miller Trilogy: The Time of Cherries, Earbone, The Girl with the Loose Llama
\n\u2022 Hair Hands & Feet w\/rhythm dancer Ann Kilkelly & cross cultural percussionist Beverly Botsford
\n\u2022 Founding Member: Theatrical Outfit, experimental theater company, Atlanta GA 1977-1980<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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