“Restless”/”All Roads”/”Arctic Seasons”/”Felt Like Home” | Elyse Langer-Smith | TEDxEasthamptonWomen
Elyse Langer-Smith brings her life to the stage as she performs her original songs: “Restless,” “All Roads,” “Arctic Seasons,” and “Felt Like Home.” Elyse has been a singer/songwriter for most of her life and has truly discovered her musical joy while living in Easthampton for the past 15 years. Her intimate, autobiographical songwriting draws from a lifetime of traveling, teaching, meeting amazing people wherever she goes and finding delight and humor whenever possible. She grew up out side New York City, circumnavigated the globe on a Semester at Sea, and lived in places such as Colorado, California, Alaska, and Cape Cod before visiting the Pioneer Valley and realizing instantly and definitively that it’s where she was meant to put down roots. For the past 20 years, she has worked as an outdoor educator, a science teacher, and a health coach, but has always come back to music as a passion and an imperative. Recently, you might have seen her featured on the cover of UMass Magazine sing ing with her choir-Rock Voices for which she is a regular soloist at the Academy of Music in Northampton. She has also recently been a guest vocalist at Luthier’s in Easthampton and does professional vocal recording on occasion. She is honored and elated to be a featured performer at this year’s TEDx event! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx