Rise Up Singing! An Online Celebration of Song

Rise Up Singing!
An Online Celebration of Song

With Annie Patterson, Peter Blood, Polly Wells, and Candy Paltiel

Sunday, January 25
4:00 p.m. ET (1:00 p.m. PT)

CDSS is delighted to be the new publishing home of seminal community songbook Rise Up Singing!

In celebration, join us for rousing community singing led by the creators of Rise Up Singing, Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, and a screening of We Began to Sing, a documentary about Peter and Annie and Pete Seeger by Polly Wells and Candy Paltiel, followed by a Q&A with Annie, Peter, Polly, and Candy.

All are welcome to attend and encouraged to sing along! If you have a question for Annie, Peter, Polly, or Candy, please submit it with your registration form. We hope to see you there!

The singalong and Q&A portions of this program will be recorded and available to view after the event.

We Began to Sing

We Began to Sing tells the story of Peter and Annie’s mission to revive communal singing, what their friend and mentor Pete Seeger called “the people’s music.” From 1960s protest movements to the present, they have witnessed singing’s power to forge human connections and galvanize social change. As cultural fissures threaten our social compact, their work takes on new urgency.

Annie Patterson and Peter Blood

Annie Patterson and Peter Blood have played a central role in creating a singing movement in North America and abroad with their songbooks Rise Up Singing and Rise Again. Together, they have made it their lifelong mission to help create change for peace and justice through song. Annie is a singer-songwriter, vocal coach, and jazz vocalist. Peter divides his time with music, leading workshops, and doing interfaith work for racial and climate justice.

Polly Wells

Polly Wells (director and producer, We Began to Sing) works in documentary film and factual television in the US and Canada. Her work has aired on major network and cable outlets.

Candy Paltiel

Candida Paltiel (producer and writer, We Began to Sing) is a producer, director, and writer of documentaries broadcast on Canadian and international networks.