Elisa S. Keeler soul singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, transpersonal psychology, creativity, and innovation specialization

Elisa S. Keeler is a songleader, retreat facilitator, composer & singer.

MA Transpersonal Psychology, Creativity & Innovation Specialization
BM Music Education & Vocal Performance from Ithaca College

Elisa has been teaching voice and world music workshops since 2003. She is the founder of the F reeing Your Voice workshop for adults and the Music for Unity and Social Change program for public schools. Elisa has been a guest presenter for Threshold Choirs, Religious Organizations, Community Choruses, College Music Majors, Public Schools, and Staff Community Building Retreats.

Since 2011, Elisa has been a co-teacher of the Hidden Treasure Program, a 3-year course in personal and spiritual growth, at Light on the Hill Retreat Center in Van Etten, NY. In 2019, she scripted and recorded meditations for Valera Health, a mental health app.

Elisa has taken singing workshops with Bobby McFerrin, Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock, and some of NYC's top contemporary music singing coaches. She combines some of their approaches along with her music education and healing training to form her celebrated Freeing Your Voice classes and workshops.

Performance Life:

Elisa is the lead singer and songwriter for the band Elisa & The YesMen and most recently led and sang with The Honey Child Soul Quintet. Formerly the lead singer of Solstice and Mutron Warriors, Elisa's deep and resonating voice has been compared to Nina Simone. She has also had the honor of performing onstage with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at the State Theater in Ithaca, NY.

Her first band, Solstice, was Elisa's foray into original songwriting, embracing the style of soul with elements of R&B, funk, reggae, Latin, jazz and gospel. Her initiation to the band scene began in 2004 with '60s Motown cover band The Destination. From 2007-2008 she sang with Kevin Kinsella (founder of John Brown's Body) in the bands Food, Clothes and Shelter and Millionaires of Love.

Solstice released a debut album, Red Sky on November 6, 2009. Elisa's next album Soul of the Earth was released on March 28, 2019. In 2020 during the worldwide pandemic, Elisa composed over a dozen songs and released a single called "Life As We Knew It" and her first choral piece, "Lift Each Other Higher". In 2021, Elisa released Songs for the Circle, a collection of original songs and chants for group singing which includes a songbook. Elisa's music is available on all streaming platforms.
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