Song, The Ground Beneath You

Melanie DeMore, an outstanding and internationally recognized vocal artist, embodies her own principle that music can be a force for social and political change. Join us as we talk about how she uses her powerful voice to heal and transform. What experiences in her own life responded to music’s healing potential? What led her to dedicate her life to sharing her gifts with adults and children throughout the world? Don’t miss this mesmerizing artist as she shares with us her gifts, songs and inspirations!

As an outstanding singer and vocal activist Melanie DeMore believes in the power of voices raised together to bring social and political change. As the subject of 'Stick and Pound,’ she has helped preserve the African American folk tradition through song and Gullah stick pounding. In her 30 year career she has taught, lectured, mentored, conducted, directed and inspired both children and adults. She has presented, conducted and soloed internationally, including Festival 500 in New Foundland, Canada and Chorus America. She’s adjunct faculty at California Institute for Integral Studies, lead teaching artist for TEMPO at UC Berkeley and a featured presenter for SpeakOut! Institute for Social and Cultural Change. She has performed with Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Odetta, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, the Trinity Choir, and MUSE Cincinnati Women's Chorus, among others. She truly embodies her own principle, 'A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you”.