Rise Up and Sing
Written for the PS 127 Middle School Chorus
Music and Lyrics by Shanan Estreicher © 2012
Shanan Estreicher: piano
Brian Forbes: guitar and bass
Matt Hankle: drum set
Chorus Recorded at Avatar Studios
Engineer: Bryan Smith
All additional music recorded and mixed at
The Gallery Recording Studio
Producer and Engineer: Brian Forbes
Rise Up and Sing—
The Movie and Music Video
Rise Up and Sing—The Movie documents the journey from classroom to recording studio for the middle school chorus students of New York's PS 127.
Singing a song written specifically for them, the students experience all the hard work, excitement, exhaustion, and the joy that comes with recording in a professional studio
Produced by Shanan Estreicher
Directed by Annie Quick
Director of Photography Jim Turner
Rise Up and Sing—The Movie
Rise Up and Sing—Music Video
Select School Performances
THE LYRICS
All those chances just keep passing by
You can’t measure up if they won’t let you try
Now it’s your time to shine
Turn up the radio, drown out that voice, there’s a sweeter song
Turn it up loud, hold your head up proud this is your new song
One more closing door, one step behind
If they won’t lift you up just look inside—you’ll find
That it’s your time to shine
Turn up the radio, drown out that voice, there’s a sweeter song
Turn it up loud, hold your head up proud this is your new song
Rise up and sing, show them what you’re made of
Rise up, you’ll see, there’s nothing to be afraid of
Lift your voice and sing
Sing your song for me
When that voice inside is full of doubt
You can choose to listen or just tune it out
Turn up the radio, drown out that voice, there’s a sweeter song
Turn it up loud, hold your head up proud this is your new song
Rise up and sing, show them what you’re made of
Rise up, you’ll see, there’s nothing to be afraid of
Lift your voice and sing
Sing your song for me