Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Rise Up inspires young performers to uplift, entertain and transform our world through music.
Rise Up Children’s Choir brings exuberant life to “Joy to the World” in this thrilling Celtic arrangement by master composer Dan Forrest. Accompanied by the vibrant textures of The Reel Folk, the choir transforms the historic grounds of Wadley Farms into a celebration of pure light and energy. The performance bursts forth with fresh spirit as the Irish folk band and youthful voices blend in a sound both ancient and new—a joyful noise echoing across centuries.
CONNECT WITH RISE UP CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Website | riseupchildrenschoir.com
YouTube | youtube.com/c/riseupchildrenschoir
Instagram | instagram.com/riseupchildrenschoir
Facebook | facebook.com/riseupchildrenschoir
TikTok | tiktok.com/@riseupchildrenschoir
X/Twitter | twitter.com/riseupchildren
AUDIO CREDITS
Words by Isaac Watts
Music by Lowell Mason adapted from George F. Handel
Arranged by Dan Forrest
Music Direction by Keith Goodrich
Vocal Recording/Mix/Mastering by Dynamic Sound Lab dynamicsoundlab.com
Instrumental Recording by Gary Oakeson
Performed by Rise Up Children’s Choir and The Reel Folk thereelfolk.com
Members of The Reel Folk – Samuel Carmack (Banjo), Christopher Knorr (Bouzouki), Reva Paget (Fiddle), Sofrona Zane (Bass), Brian Dobson (Bodhran), Michael Bennett (Whistle), with Alina Lindstrom and KateLyn Syphus (Piano).
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Rise Up Productions LLC
Executive Producer and Director Amy Oakeson
Cinematography and Editing Vincent Pelina vincentpelina.com
Additional Cinematography and Editing by Sera Kang
Drone Footage by Jonas Allred
Filmed on location at Wadley Farms, Lehi, UT wadleyfarms.com
LYRICS
Joy to the world!
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing
Joy to the Earth!
The Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
No more let sins and sorrow grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make
His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as, the curse is found
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders, of His love!
#riseupchildrenschoir #joytotheworld #lighttheworld
Rise Up inspires young performers to uplift, entertain and transform our world through music.
Rise Up Children’s Choir brings exuberant life to “Joy to the World” in this thrilling Celtic arrangement by master composer Dan Forrest. Accompanied by the vibrant textures of The Reel Folk, the choir transforms the historic grounds of Wadley Farms into a celebration of pure light and energy. The performance bursts forth with fresh spirit as the Irish folk band and youthful voices blend in a sound both ancient and new—a joyful noise echoing across centuries.
CONNECT WITH RISE UP CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Website | riseupchildrenschoir.com
YouTube | youtube.com/c/riseupchildrenschoir
Instagram | instagram.com/riseupchildrenschoir
Facebook | facebook.com/riseupchildrenschoir
TikTok | tiktok.com/@riseupchildrenschoir
X/Twitter | twitter.com/riseupchildren
AUDIO CREDITS
Words by Isaac Watts
Music by Lowell Mason adapted from George F. Handel
Arranged by Dan Forrest
Music Direction by Keith Goodrich
Vocal Recording/Mix/Mastering by Dynamic Sound Lab dynamicsoundlab.com
Instrumental Recording by Gary Oakeson
Performed by Rise Up Children’s Choir and The Reel Folk thereelfolk.com
Members of The Reel Folk – Samuel Carmack (Banjo), Christopher Knorr (Bouzouki), Reva Paget (Fiddle), Sofrona Zane (Bass), Brian Dobson (Bodhran), Michael Bennett (Whistle), with Alina Lindstrom and KateLyn Syphus (Piano).
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Rise Up Productions LLC
Executive Producer and Director Amy Oakeson
Cinematography and Editing Vincent Pelina vincentpelina.com
Additional Cinematography and Editing by Sera Kang
Drone Footage by Jonas Allred
Filmed on location at Wadley Farms, Lehi, UT wadleyfarms.com
LYRICS
Joy to the world!
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing
Joy to the Earth!
The Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
No more let sins and sorrow grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make
His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as, the curse is found
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders, of His love!
#riseupchildrenschoir #joytotheworld #lighttheworld
