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    • A Million Dreams
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    • Any Dream Will Do
    • Blue Moon
    • Bridge Over Troubled Water
    • Crocodile Rock
    • Dream a Little Dream
    • Fly Me to the Moon
    • For Good
    • Good Morning
    • Good Morning Starshine
    • Hallelujah
    • Harvest Moon
    • Here Comes the Sun
    • I Got Rhythm
    • I See the Light
    • I Want to Hold Your Hand
    • I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
    • I'll Be There For You
    • I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
    • It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    • Lean on Me
    • Let it Snow
    • L-O-V-E
    • My Favorite Things
    • Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
    • Over the Rainbow
    • Piano Man
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    • Singin' in the Rain
    • Singin' in the Snow
    • Song for a Winter's Night
    • Sunshine, Lollipops, & Rainbows
    • Sunshine on My Shoulders
    • Tea for Two
    • Thank You For Being a Friend
    • Thank You for the Music
    • That's What Friends Are For
    • The Addams Family
    • The Unicorn
    • They Can't Take That Away From Me
    • This is Me
    • This Year
    • Tomorrow
    • Walking on Sunshine
    • We Go Together
    • We Need a Little Christmas
    • What a Wonderful World
    • When I'm Sixty-Four
    • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    • Winter Wonderland
    • With a Little Help From My Friends
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    • A YEAR IN THE LIFE (2020-21)
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  • HOME
  • TEAM
    • 2022–23 Team
    • PREVIOUS TEAM MEMBERS
  • TAPPING IN THE PARK
  • JOIN RSS!
  • SONG RESOURCES
    • A Million Dreams
    • All My Loving
    • Any Dream Will Do
    • Blue Moon
    • Bridge Over Troubled Water
    • Crocodile Rock
    • Dream a Little Dream
    • Fly Me to the Moon
    • For Good
    • Good Morning
    • Good Morning Starshine
    • Hallelujah
    • Harvest Moon
    • Here Comes the Sun
    • I Got Rhythm
    • I See the Light
    • I Want to Hold Your Hand
    • I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
    • I'll Be There For You
    • I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
    • It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    • Lean on Me
    • Let it Snow
    • L-O-V-E
    • My Favorite Things
    • Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
    • Over the Rainbow
    • Piano Man
    • Sing
    • Singin' in the Rain
    • Singin' in the Snow
    • Song for a Winter's Night
    • Sunshine, Lollipops, & Rainbows
    • Sunshine on My Shoulders
    • Tea for Two
    • Thank You For Being a Friend
    • Thank You for the Music
    • That's What Friends Are For
    • The Addams Family
    • The Unicorn
    • They Can't Take That Away From Me
    • This is Me
    • This Year
    • Tomorrow
    • Walking on Sunshine
    • We Go Together
    • We Need a Little Christmas
    • What a Wonderful World
    • When I'm Sixty-Four
    • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    • Winter Wonderland
    • With a Little Help From My Friends
    • Sheet Music (Scores)
    • A YEAR IN THE LIFE (2020-21)
  • CREATE PROJECTS
    • A YEAR IN THE LIFE
    • GLOW
    • STICK PUPPETS
    • THE SPACE BETWEEN
    • THE 12 DAYS OF WINTER
    • WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
  • RESEARCH
    • OMEA Presentation
    • Inquiry at Queen's 2022 presentation
  • CONTACT
    • FAQ

A Singing & Dancing Research-Creation Program 

Rise, Shine, Sing! is the flagship research-creation program of The Accessible & Inclusive Music Theatre Project. This project is located at the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen's University, and is generously funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

Rise, Shine, Sing! Trailer

Click on the video below to find out from two of our members how Rise, Shine, Sing! works.

2023–2024 Season of Rise, Shine, Sing! begins Monday January 16, 2022 at 10 am (EST)

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In the Media

Rise, Shine, Sing! has recently featured in a series of radio interviews across Canada. Listen to Dr. Colleen Renihan's CBC radio interview on November 30, 2022 with Sarah Penton from Kelowna's Radio West. The 10-minute interview starts just after the one-hour mark.

Discover how Rise, Shine, Sing! is breaking artistic barriers and improving overall well-being in this article by Drs. Julia Brook and Colleen Renihan's article in The Conversation from November 22, 2022.
"OUR RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT virtual music theatre allows for a more accessible and a less exclusive way to engage with this art form with many benefits for participants" 

The Whig Standard (Kingston, ON) published a feature article on Rise, Shine, Sing! on November 23, 2020.
“we've discovered [that] online engagement really provides a really productive way for folks to accessibly access and create music theatre."

Dr. Julia Brook spoke with CBC Ontario Morning about Rise, Shine, Sing! on November 20, 2020. Listen to the interview here.
"SINGING AND DANCING TOGETHER CREATES JOY."

Read about Rise, Shine, Sing! in a Queen's Gazette feature from November 16, 2020.
"Our project aims to find ways to help people of all ages and abilities to leverage their creative and artistic potentials in a digital space."


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Queen’s University is situated on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek.
Ne Queen’s University e’tho nońwe nikanónhsote tsi nońwe ne Haudenosaunee tánon Anishinaabek tehatihsnónhsahere ne óhontsa.
Gimaakwe Gchi-gkinoomaagegamig atemagad Naadowe miinwaa Anishinaabe aking.
We are grateful to be able to live, learn, and make art on these lands.

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