Music Store:
NEW CD! "Mountain Side"
Personal Favorites from Rise Up Singing
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
Where Have All the Flowers Gone:
A Singalong Memoir - new edition!
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article "Shared Song - Communal Memory" talks about Annie & Peter, the origins of Rise Up Singing & ways it's being used in singalong around the country.
So, what are Quakers? (And do they even sing???!!!)
Peter's Quakerism writings have been moved to a new website: InwardLight.org
Information on Quaker Spring has been moved to a new website:QuakerSpring.org
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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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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter
WFCR interview with Peter and Annie. Hear us talk about sing-alongs and the origins of Rise Up Singing with live performances of several favorite songs. Northampton, MA Sat. Jan. 21 10am - 1pm NoHo Winter Farmer's Market, located in Thorne's basement. Annie Patterson & Mary Witt perform folk & Americana.
Easthampton MA Fri. Feb. 3rd - The Mic @ The Delaney House - Annie's 3-part harmony group, The Harmony Grits, will perform 7-11pm, Mary Witt, Dan Zuckergood, and Annie Patterson (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass - Americana & Folk music)
Leverett MA Sat. Feb. 4th - No Nukes Benefit Concert & Speak Out. Leverett Town Hall, 9 Montague Rd, 2-9pm. Annie will sing 4 songs at 5:30pm. Info from Ann Ferguson 413-367-2310.
New York NY, Sat. May 5 - People's Voice Cafe, Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (betw Madison & Park), 7pm. Annie & Peter will lead a sing along and Four Shillings Short is also on the bill this evening. 212-787-3903. Kingston RI, Fri. July 6 - We will be taking part in another performance of "The Fire & the Hammer" - which Peter organized & we both took part in at New England Yearly Meeting last August. The final evening plenary of the 2012 Friends General Conference summer gathering. Detailed information on the performance & applying to join the choir will be posted later on the FGC website.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with:
GIRLS FROM MARS and The O-TONES
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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