Join Paul Vasile for an evening of congregational singing and community learning at Faith Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. We’ll begin with a Community Dinner at 5:30 pm and continue with Community Singing at 6:30 pm.
How can worship become fertile ground for community transformation over time, not just for a season? The weekly gathering of God’s people offers a precious opportunity to (re)align our hearts and minds with God’s love and justice but it can also be a place where we reinforce cultural norms and values that keep us mired in systems that inhibit flourishing for all. Join us for a workshop in Portland, OR exploring how worship can be a primary place for anti-racism work in congregational life.
I’m delighted to again work with the Presbyterian Board of Pensions to plan and lead worship for their Annual Well Being Retreat at the Montreat Conference Center.
I’m looking forward to a week at Christikon in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, leading their continuing education seminar and a Family Camp weekend full of worshipful play and playful worship that engages the body, mind, spirit, and voice.
Learn songs that help you to tend your body and soul in these challenging days. Experience community learning that engages our collective courage and power. Be welcomed as you are - no musical training or expertise required - and experience the joy of making music with friends and strangers.
We’ll lift our voices in a joyful, participatory evening of singing. Paul and others will lead the group in music from varied traditions and cultures, with a special focus on songs of justice, freedom, hope, and peace. Bring friends who love to sing!
I’ll head back to The Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg, CA for a joyful Family Camp reunion.
Join Paul for an evening of congregational singing and community learning at Western Presbyterian Church. Register here!
I’ll begin my residency at Calvary Lutheran Church with a Community SING, lifting our voices in a joyful, participatory evening of song.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to journey with Calvary Lutheran Church in Dover, PA while Pastor Abby Leese is on sabbatical.
I’ll honored to serve as the guest musician for the Nebraska ELCA Synod Assembly from May 29-31
I’ll serve as the full-time interim musician and organist at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church beginning in September and look forward to collaborating with the pastors, staff, and congregation as they prepare to welcome a new musician.
After a summer away from this beautiful wilderness retreat, I’m grateful to serve as a Village Musician with two wonderful colleagues and friends.
I’ll conduct the Adult Choirs for the 2025 Bible and Church Music Conference at Masanetta Springs!
I will lead worship at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, focusing on the Song of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2. Join us in Marquand Chapel at 11:30 am for sung Morning Prayer.
I’ll be at Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center near Little Rock, Arkansas from April 6-9, 2024 to lead worship and workshops for Fernclipse, a four-day, three-night intergenerational Creation Care event centered on and culminating with the Total Solar Eclipse.
I’ll hear to Denver in March to be the keynote speaker for a Presbyterian Association of Musicians regional conference focused on Cultivating Community. Join us at Montview Presbyterian Church from March 7-9 for a time of learning, worship, and conversation around how we embody the welcome we proclaim.
I’ll spend 2024 and the first months of 2025 as the Interim Director of Music and Organist at The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in downtown Washington, DC. Not only does this keep me in the DMV for another year, it’s an opportunity to accompany this historic congregation during a season of transition and discernment, following a musician who has served the community faithfully for over 30 years.
I’ll join Dreams and Visions in Baltimore for their annual Queer Christmas Pageant!
I'm excited to serve as Village Musician with my colleague Patti Powell from August 6 to 12. It will be a joy to collaborate with fellow leaders and learners to make a memorable week of singing in community!
Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) is the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high school students. In addition to advanced musical instruction and numerous performance opportunities, LSM students form an intentional community, living together for four weeks on a Lutheran college campus.
Since 1981, this unique and immersive program has guided the lives of young musicians, who credit LSM as the starting place for their future careers and vocations.
I’m honored to serve as a Guest Artist this year, collaborating with LSM clergy and faculty to lead music for daily liturgies and work with students.
Music that Makes Community is excited to offer a One-Day workshop at St. David's Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee in collaboration with InterGenerate, a conference for church leaders and academics exploring intergenerational faith formation and ministry. Join Breen Sipes and Paul Vasile for a renewing day of building community through singing, learning, and fellowship, with a focus on skills for leading songs in intergenerational contexts.
Join a group of intrepid choral directors and singers for an afternoon playdate on May 18, 2023, exploring oral/aural tradition teaching practices and how they can be implemented in church, school, and community choral contexts.
To kick off another round of Composing Ourselves, a series of online workshops that encourage musical creativity and play, Paul Vasile will offer an introductory webinar on Wednesday, April 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. ET focused on writing congregational songs.
Sing Unto God and Music that Makes Community invite you to an Interfaith Community SING at Westmoreland UCC on Sunday, March 26 at 4 p.m. The afternoon of participatory singing will be led by Cantor Rosalie Will and Paul Vasile, dynamic song leaders and facilitators who work within their respective faith communities to empower songleaders and invite experiences of embodied, sung prayer.
I'll be sojourning with the congregation for the months ahead as they search for a new musician. During this focused season of listening and reflection, we will explore ways music and liturgy can be creatively integrated within worship, share music from a variety of congregational song traditions, and reflect on singing as a spiritual practice.
I’ve been invited to collaborate with The Rev. Donald Schell at Ring Lake Ranch, a special place of refreshment and recreation set high in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming.
The beauty of the mountains with their quiet lakes, wildlife, birds and flowers beckons the soul to celebrate creation in quiet and wonder. Features of the Ranch like ancient petroglyphs, a rock labyrinth and an outdoor prayer chapel invite all guests to contemplate the divine presence in a unique setting.
Join St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Helena, Montana, for a three-day participatory workshop with Paul Vasile, a visionary leader in music and worship, and Executive Director of Music that Makes Community. This event is part of the St. Paul’s George Harper Expanding Faith Series, enlivening the church of today and envisioning the church of tomorrow.
As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on music and worship, we bring our weariness and disorientation as we move forward in a changed and bruised world and church. Yet we still come to God’s table—hungry for the hospitality of welcome, relationship, and interconnection; thirsty for reinvigoration of our imagination and hope.
Join Paul Vasile on Thursday, February 3 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time for a conversation about his recent article, "How Much Paper Does a Congregation Need?," reflecting on paperless music and its uses in worship.
Join Paul Vasile and The Rev. Ashley Goff on Jan. 28, 2022, for a Community-Rooted Lenten Planning hybrid workshop, as we explore songs and liturgy for the forty-day journey of Lent.
The hybrid event will be hosted by Arlington Presbyterian Church and we're excited to welcome a small number of vaccinated individuals to attend in person, as well as our online community to attend via Zoom. The webinar will also be recorded and available afterward.
I'll be sojourning with the congregation for the months ahead as they search for a new musician. During this focused season of listening and reflection, we will explore ways music and liturgy can be creatively integrated within worship, share music from a variety of congregational song traditions, and reflect on singing as a spiritual practice. I’ll also be working with their Search Committee as they create a job description and interview potential candidates.
I'm excited to be on teaching faculty from July 18 to 25, and again serve as guest musician from July 25 to August 1. It will be a joy to collaborate with fellow leaders and learners to make a memorable two weeks!
