More Information on Rise Up Singing Teaching Disks

Locating songs on the Teaching Discs:

Recent editions of Rise Up Singing ("15th Edition" 7×10 songbooks and any of the new "Leaders' Edition 9×12 songbooks) contain codes under each song that indicate the Teaching Disk (with a letter) and Track Number where that song can be found on the Teaching Discs.

Note: These are called "teaching discs" because they are designed to teach the tunes in Rise Up Singing. However, these are just recordings of the songs, not talking about the songs or instructions on singing techniques.

Vocalists on Discs:

Annie sings on most of these recordings. Wendi Bourne (who has sung with Annie in the swing bands Big Nite Out and Girls from Mars. Some are recorded by other artists with special expertise in the genre covered by a particular chapter. Here are the chapters that include vocalists other than Annie.

  • John McCutcheon sings (& plays 4 different instruments!) on the Mountain Voices chapter of Appalachian songs.
  • English balladeer John Roberts is featured on the Ballads & Old Songs chapter of traditional songs from the British Isles.
  • Kim & Reggie Harris perform on the Freedom and the Spirituals chapters.
  • Michael Cooney brings his wonderful rendering of late 19th century and early 20th century popular songs to the Golden Oldies chapter.
  • Jeff Warner, one of this country’s finest performers of sea shanteys, performs on the Seas chapter.
  • Renowned labor singer Tom Juravich performs on the Men and the Work chapters.
  • Pat Humphries joins with Annie on the Time & Changes and the Dreams & Fantasies chapters.
  • Magpie (Greg Artzner & Terri Leonino) perform on the Rich & Poor chapter.
  • Susan Stark & Wendi Bourne provide additional parts on the Sacred Rounds & Chants chapters. (For more information on Susan see the Quaker Musicians page on this site.)

See below for artist listing on each disk in order.

Original Teaching Tape series vs. Teaching Discs

These recordings were originally issued on cassette that covered one chapter each. These sets of six cassettes each are are no longer.

The new Teaching Discs were digitally remastered from the original recordings and contain exactly the same audio tracks for each song. These new CDs are sold individually and covers either 1 or 2 chapters from the book.

Artist list by disc

A: America - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Golden Oldies - Vocals by Michael Cooney & Annie Patterson, guitar & ukelele by Michael Cooney & Wendi Bourne

B: Ballads & Old Songs - Vocals, guitar & concertina by John Roberts
Hard Times & Blues - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

C: City - - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Rich & Poor - Vocals by Greg Artzner & Terri Leonino ("Magpie"), guitar by Greg Artzner

D: Dreams & Fantasies - Vocals by Pat Humphries & Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Funny Songs - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

E: Ecology - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Outdoors - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

F: Faith (only) - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

G: Gospel (only) - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

H: Home & Family - - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Lullabies - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

J: (for "Justice"!) Freedom - vocals & guitar by Kim & Reggie Harris
Struggle - - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

K: (for "Kids"...) Friendship - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Play - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

L: Love (only) - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

M: Mountain Voices - Vocals, guitar, banjoy & autoharp by John McCutcheon
Farm & Prairie - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

O: (for "Overcoming?") Hope - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Sacred Rounds & Chants - Vocals by Susan Stark, Annie Patterson & Wendi Bourne, guitar by Wendi Bourne

P: Peace - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Creativity - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

R: Rounds - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Spirituals - Vocals by Kim & Reggie Harris, guitar by Reggie Harris

S: Seas - Vocals & guitar by Jeff Warner
Good times - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

T: Time & Chnages (only) - Vocals by Pat Humphries & Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

U: Unity - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne
Women - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

W: Work (only) - Vocals & guitar by Tom Juravich

Y: (for that tricky little chromosome...) Men - Vocals & guitar by Tom Juravich
Travelin’ - Vocals by Annie Patterson, guitar by Wendi Bourne

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Entire Teaching Disk series (covers all 35 chapters in Rise Up Singing)

20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops

June 22-28, Barnesville OH Quakercamp at Stillwater.

June 28-July 5 FGC Gathering, Johnstown PA. Annie will lead a singing workshop for women, noon sings & a closing sing on Friday.

Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 1600 Sacramento St.. For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock.
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop on songleading 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.

Swing performances Annie is doing with the

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Girl From Mars

We urge you to check out the new website

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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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