Elisabeth Commanday Swim, M.A. & NACYT draws out her student's strengths and guides them smoothly through the dynamic challenges of reading, singing and playing music.
Elisabeth teaches playful mindful music to people aged three to adult. Founder of the Secret Choir, Elisabeth led fun, group singing for adults and teens in arts spaces around Houston, funded by a grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. National Museum of Math premiered Elisabeth’s original song Magnitudes of Ten in its 2021 Open Set concert program.
Known for her lyrical ability to capture a mood and point of view, she writes and produces bespoke songs for special occasions.
Before opening her piano, voice and general music studio in Houston, TX, she sang as a featured soloist at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and at St. Sulpice Cathedral in Paris, France. Her voice can be heard on disc with Volti, on the album *Turn the Page *(Innova). With the internationally-renowned Kronos Quartet, she performed the voice of Russian Doll Cheburashka on the album *Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic* (Nonesuch). Elisabeth had a great time in the title role of Carlitos and the Magic Garden, a handmade puppet show by Tania Esmeralda Padilla.
In Houston, she has performed with the Nontraditionals at the Via Colori festival benefitting the Center for Hearing and Speech and she won the A.R. Rahman singing competition held in Sugar Land in 2010.
Also known as Bhaag Kaur, Ms. Swim volunteers as a lay musician in the Punjabi Sikh community.
She is on Soundcloud, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
Known for her lyrical ability to capture a mood and point of view, she writes and produces bespoke songs for special occasions.
Before opening her piano, voice and general music studio in Houston, TX, she sang as a featured soloist at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and at St. Sulpice Cathedral in Paris, France. Her voice can be heard on disc with Volti, on the album *Turn the Page *(Innova). With the internationally-renowned Kronos Quartet, she performed the voice of Russian Doll Cheburashka on the album *Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic* (Nonesuch). Elisabeth had a great time in the title role of Carlitos and the Magic Garden, a handmade puppet show by Tania Esmeralda Padilla.
In Houston, she has performed with the Nontraditionals at the Via Colori festival benefitting the Center for Hearing and Speech and she won the A.R. Rahman singing competition held in Sugar Land in 2010.
Also known as Bhaag Kaur, Ms. Swim volunteers as a lay musician in the Punjabi Sikh community.
She is on Soundcloud, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
An absolute blessing to my children.– Parent of 10-year-old and 8 year-old musicians
All three of my children stopped in their tracks to listen when I put on your song! – Parent of preschool and elementary-aged musicians
