Sing like you mean it. Let the world feel the power of your voice, whether it be in your daily life, in the boardroom, or on stage.

RiseUP! PopUp choir is coming to a city near you. This choral workshop ending in concert will leave you inspired and uplifted.

RISE UP! Interfaith Pop-Up Choir Workshop & Concert

Join us for our Spring Weekend Workshop and Concert!!!

Friday, May 18, 7 - 9PM; Saturday, May 19, 10AM - 5PM;
Sunday, May 20, 9AM - 4PM
Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey
662 Eagle Rock Avenue, West Orange, NJ

RiseUp! joins the PopUp trend of “popping-up” one day, then disappearing anywhere from one day to several weeks later. Proven to build up interest by unique exposure, the goal of RiseUp! Popup choir is to use music as an agent for interfaith dialogue amongst choir members and audiences

LET YOUR SOUL SING! Learn new music from faiths around the world in this high-energy eight-week workshop. Re-visit the spirit behind singing, discover new vocal techniques, and meld singing, chanting, and meditation together with gospel & inspirational music, play and prayer, for an unforgettable experience. Workshop ends in concert featuring…YOU! Go ahead, step out of your role as Shower Singing Sensation and let your voice be heard.

Does singing bring you JOY? Rise Up! Pop-Up Choir Workshop combines singing, chanting, meditation, gospel & inspirational music, play and prayer to create a unique musical experience. If you’d like joyful singing to be a part of your daily life or… maybe you’d like to share your voice fearlessly and boldly in the world, letting Spirit move through you - simultaneously inspiring the world…this is for YOU!

In this 8 week workshop you will:Get to know and love your unique voiceLearn sacred and inspirational songs and chants from around the worldImprovise and get playful with your voiceLearn helpful vocal techniques to make your voice strongerSing with a groupSet clear intentions for how you use your voiceGet rid of baggage that blocks the voicePerform in a blowout concertSing, Sing, Sing!

RiseUp! is Great for (not in this order):Singers and “non-singers” (but there’s really no such thing!)Shower singersMusic loversIf you LOVE music but think you can’t singMinisters, teachers, and speakersIf you suspect you are a fabulous singer but are afraid to sing outAnyone who wants to free their singing or speaking voice

Why Should I "Join the Choir"?Meet and sing with other music loversDeepen and blend your spiritual practice with your love of musicLearn new songs and vocal techniquesExperience singing in a choirParticipate in a blowout! concertBoost confidenceGain lasting friendships and fellow singing partnersBring new inspirational music back to your center, school or organizationTry out or gain skills at soloing and improvisingPractice Teamwork and leadership

What people are saying about Chanda
"More than an amazing performer, Chanda brings her audience into a direct engagement in the music and a direct experience of the joy and life-giving presence of Spirit."
Rev. Diane Berke, Co-Founder, Spiritual & Educational Director of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary

“I'm moved by the singing and sharing like I never expected to be moved and am grateful…Being a part of your singing ministry allows me to express something inside of myself that I find no-where-else in my life. It is a rich, deep, organic, rooted experience that connects me to others while it moves me at the same time, in an enormously powerful way…”
Diane Dittrick, Sacred Center NY

You made an evening of music about spirituality and not religion which can separate people. Your words and the music were available for everyone no matter what their beliefs were about the Creator. They made the room feel very much a safe space. You brought us together…”
Doug Motel, Award-winning storyteller, writer, speaker, and coach

“Chanda brings the purest voice, the purest joy and the sweetest Spirit to everything she is and does. She is an exquisite being, she reminds me what it means to be true to oneself.”
Rev. Frankie Timmers, Minister & Spiritual Director of Center for Spiritual Living, Morristown