Paul Vasile

church musician / consultant / composer

sharing the song: a reflection on Alice Parker as teacher and song leader

May 16, 2024 by Paul Vasile in Article, News, Leadership

Like so many, my first encounter with Alice Parker was through her music, specifically the hymn and Spiritual arrangements found in almost every church and academic choral library. But it wasn’t until I had a full-time church job and continuing education funds that I plucked up the courage to apply for her Score Study Workshop advertised in The American Organist. While I knew she was a brilliant and respected musician, I had no idea how profoundly her teaching would shape my life and work over the next 18 years.

call to worship article published

January 04, 2022 by Paul Vasile in News, Article, Congregational Song

I’m grateful to be included in the most recent edition of Call to Worship, the liturgical journal of the Presbyterian Church (USA). There’s a fun photo on the cover as well as an article focused on paperless singing and my work with Music that Makes Community. And I was delighted to read the work of so many colleagues and friends in the same edition.

Thank you, Kim, for the invitation to share and the grace when pandemic burnout required some extra time to find my writing voice.

You can purchase a downloadable copy of the journal here.