Elise Witt
Encyclopedia
Elise Witt is a singer who "was born in Switzerland, raised in North Carolina and since 1977 has made her home in Atlanta, Georgia".
Witt has performed in a range of venues, from New York’s Carnegie Hall
to Nashville’s Bluebird Café
and many others. Witt can speak five different languages fluently and can sing in a dozen. Singing for 20 years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and chamber chorus, she is very experienced. She has studied improvisation and currently is part of a 16-voice ensemble.
Witt's “Singing for Fun" classes held in Atlanta have become popular and her workshop and community residencies around the country and abroad draw and inspire both professional singers and self-professed “non-singers.”
and Lincoln Center to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
and Clearwater Hudson River Revival, Italy
and in schools around the United States
. In 1995, she represented the state of Georgia at the Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, and for the year, 2000 she was chosen as one of 120 residency artists nationwide for "America Creates for the Millennium."
Witt has performed in a range of venues, from New York’s Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
to Nashville’s Bluebird Café
Bluebird cafe
The Bluebird Cafe is a music club in Nashville, Tennessee that opened in 1982. The club is famous for intimate, acoustic music performed by its composers...
and many others. Witt can speak five different languages fluently and can sing in a dozen. Singing for 20 years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and chamber chorus, she is very experienced. She has studied improvisation and currently is part of a 16-voice ensemble.
Reputation
Witt is a masterful singing teacher. Adults, children, and even the most shy of people have positive experiences working with Witt.Witt's “Singing for Fun" classes held in Atlanta have become popular and her workshop and community residencies around the country and abroad draw and inspire both professional singers and self-professed “non-singers.”
Achievements
She performed and has taught places from Carnegie HallCarnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
and Lincoln Center to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival and dance festival formerly held at the Long Hill Farm in Hillsdale, New York, USA. In 2006, the event moved to nearby Dodds Farm, just off Rt. 22, five miles north of the Rt. 22/Rt. 23 intersection in Hillsdale, on...
and Clearwater Hudson River Revival, Italy
Italy
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and in schools around the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In 1995, she represented the state of Georgia at the Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, and for the year, 2000 she was chosen as one of 120 residency artists nationwide for "America Creates for the Millennium."