Teaching Faculty

Paul Vasile

Paul Vasile is a church musician, consultant, composer, and teacher who finds his greatest joy in collaborative and community-centered ministry. He currently serves as the Interim Director of Music and Organist at The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in downtown Washington, D.C. From 2016 to 2023, Paul served as the Executive Director of Music that Makes Community, a non-profit that shares “paperless” (oral tradition) leadership practices and songs. He traveled across North America modeling distinctive approaches to communal singing and learning at retreat centers, conferences, denominational gatherings, seminaries, and in congregations of all sizes. Paul was also the Director of Music at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis from 2016 to 2022, where he invited the community to pray and play through song, collaborating with faculty, staff, and students to curate worship experiences that prioritized embodied learning and spiritual formation.

CO-PRESENTERS
SESSION DATES
  • August 11 - August 14
  • August 18 - August 21
    TOPICS
    • Music

      Education

      Holden Village is a community where your questions are valued and encouraged. Most programs led by visiting teaching faculty occur during the summer months. However, Holden also invites faculty to teach sessions for special events and retreats throughout the rest of the year.
      Check out a list of the 2024 Summer Faculty.