Music Store:
NOTE: We are on tour in N. California Aug 9-17, so orders received during that time will be filled on Wed, Aug 19. Thanks for your patience!
new large format RUS!
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".
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The Recipe for Some Great Singing:
#1. Highly experienced lively songleaders. We have been leading sing-alongs concerts for literally hundreds of Friends Meetings, churches, conferences, camps, schools, folk music societies, coffeehouses, festivals, and private parties over the years. It is an honor and blessing to see songs in a gathered group rise up stronger and stronger til they fill a room to overflowing!
The usual format for our concerts is to set up a sound system, pass out copies of Rise Up Singing to the audience and spend an evening of community-building, empowerment, and singing up a storm. The folks who set these up are not necessarily experienced concert-organizers (we help out with lots of practical tips) but find it a fun way to deepen the bonds of community within their group, do outreach to the surrounding community and/or to raise funds for a project they believe in. We do this work under a “minute” from our local Friends meeting.
In addition to our regular singalong concerts we've been enjoying leading music workshops, retreats, and concert/lectures. These have included weekend retreats on the role of song in our journey to God and programs at a number of schools focusing on specific themes (peace, the environment, labor, US history, etc.)
#2. Great song collections. Over the years we began to carry around with us some of the songbooks and recordings which have inspired us the most. We keep finding new items we want add to this “traveling music store”! Everything in it carries our heartfelt personal endorsement! (Personal all-time favorites are marked with a “?“.) Feel free to inquire about specifics such as the kind of music that might appeal to a particular child or be useful in working with a particular project.
Thankyou for your support of our work!
If we can be of any help to you please write us at:
PO Box 103, Cheyney PA 19319, call us at (610) 399-6764
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at 7pm at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 2151 Vine St (at the corner of Walnut & Vine). For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock. Benefit for Meetinghouse renovation and Frieght & Salvage moving fund. Childcare available.
NOTE: This website incorrectly listed the Friends Meetinghouse on 1600 Sacramento St as the location for this concert. Our apologies for the confusion!
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop 1-3:30pm on songleading techniques at Quaker Center.
Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.
Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions. Childcare available.
Sat, Nov. 1st, Cambridge MA Retreat with Peter "Be Not Afraid: Embracing Passion, Love & Praise as Friends." Cambridge Friends Meeting, 9:30-5, sponsored by Quaker Studies Comm. For more information contact Sarah Spencer.
April 24-26, Old Chatham NY Women's Retreat with Annie. At Powell House.
Swing performances Annie is doing with the
Tues, Aug. 26, Florence MA Trans Performance, 6:40, Look Park, $10. Fundraiser for Northampton. (This is Peter's birthday!)
We urge you to check out the new website
promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.
There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.
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