There are three types of events listed on our calendar:

  • MMC Workshops and Retreats planned collaboratively with hosts around the United States and Canada;
  • Local Practice Groups led by presenters and participants from the Music that Makes Community network, providing opportunities to hone our skills and support one another in song leading;
  • Community Events presented by organizations affiliated with MMC for the benefit of the wider musical community.

Upcoming Events


    Morning Grounding

  • Monday, March 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
    Zoom


    Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.

    MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions.

    Register here!

     

  • Morning Grounding

  • Monday, March 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
    Zoom


    Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.

    MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions.

    Register here!

     

  • Monthly Albuquerque Song Circle

  • Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:30 PM
    Albuquerque Mennonite Church in Albuquerque, NM


    Friends,

    Our April ABQ Music that Makes Community Song Circle will gather on Tuesday, April 1st at Albuquerque Mennonite Church, (1300 Girard Blvd NE).

    - Singing 6:30-8pm
    - Doors Open at 6pm (Feel free to come early if you'd like to chat!  Feel free to bring your dinner along and eat if you're hungry.) 

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    Come practice sharing, teaching, learning, and singing "paperless" songs in the context of a supportive community of fellow singers and song-lovers!  Whether you'd like to experience how we can share songs in the oral/aural tradition, build your confidence as a song-leader, or just enjoy the "good medicine" of singing with others in community, we'd love for you to join us. All ages and abilities welcome!  
     
    It is our practice to ROTATE LOCATIONS AND ROTATE HOSTS for our monthly MMC Song Circles.  Our "default" meeting time is the first Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8pm, but that day and time is not "set in stone."  We need to flesh out our calendar of locations and hosts for the new year.  Please check your calendars and let me know ASAP if you/your community would like to host one or more of our song circles in 2025, and let me know what date(s) and time(s) you'd like to host. 

    Contact organizer Sylvia Miller-Mutia for more information!

  • Brownsburg Community Sing

  • Wednesday, April 02, 2025 at 07:00 PM
    Books and Brews in Brownsburg, IN

    Join us every first Wednesday of the month at 7 PM at Books and Brews in Brownsburg, IN, for a fun and welcoming community sing! Whether you're a seasoned musician or have no musical experience, all voices are welcome! We’ll share protest songs, pub songs, spiritual songs, and more. Come for the music, stay for the community. No experience required—just bring your voice and energy! 
    Sponsored by Good Samaritan Episcopal Church
  • Community Sing - Waco TX

  • Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:00 PM

    Join us for a Community SING to experience paperless singing!  Experienced Music that Makes Community presenters will offer a lively evening of singing, learning, and community building on Friday evening, April 4, from 5-6:30 p.m. at Pentecost Park at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas. 

    No special talents required - just a love of music and fellowship. Singers of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are warmly welcomed to participate!  

    Admission

    Suggested free-will offering of $5-20 per person, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds.  

    This Community SING is a benefit for Music that Makes Community.  

    Click HERE to RSVP for the event and make a donation. 

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    Residency Events

    This is the first of several residency events over the weekend.  In addition to the Community SING on Friday night, Conie and Monica will be offering: 

    • A daylong Community Singing workshop on Saturday, September 28, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. that further introduces the leadership practices and repertoire of Music that Makes Community with the intention to support the creation of spaces of trust, listening, and communication through singing and to introduce the basic skills for leading congregational song.  To learn more, click here.
    • On Sunday morning, September 29, Monica and Conie will offer musical leadership in worship at 10:30 a.m.  

    This residency is funded through a Strategic Mission Grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

  • 1-Day Workshop - Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, Waco, TX

  • Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 09:30 AM

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    Music that Makes Community is excited to offer a One-Day workshop at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Waco TX. Experienced MMC facilitators will offer a lively day of singing, learning, and community building. No special talents required - just a love of music and fellowship. Singers of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are warmly welcomed to participate!

    Join us for a renewing day of building community through singing, learning, and fellowship. During our time together we’ll: 

    - Explore a practice of paperless (oral tradition) singing leadership grounded in a spirit of welcome and generosity;
    - Engage models of teaching and leading that welcome our bodies, hearts, and minds;
    - Experience music reflective of the growing diversity of our communities and celebrating our rich spiritual and liturgical traditions;
    - Build community and strengthen relationships through singing.

    Each person will leave with new music to share, as well as experiences of learning and teaching songs applicable to their context. Choir directors, clergy, cantors, lay leaders, and all who love to sing are warmly welcomed. 

    Click to register HERE

    The workshop is $25 per person, with a $10 lunch add-on option. 

    Childcare will be available.  

    Scholarships are available; request one on the registration form. 

    This workshop is funded through a Strategic Mission Grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

    Related Events

    In addition to the workshop on Saturday, Music that Makes Community facilitators will be in residence over the weekend. 

    • On Friday night, April 4, from 5-6:30 p.m. there will be an Community SING open to the all.  A suggested donation of $5-20 per person will go towards sustaining Music that Makes Community.  No one will be turned away for lack of funds.  RSVP and make a donation HERE.
    • On Sunday morning, April 6, Music that Makes Community staff will offer musical leadership in worship at 10:30 a.m. and then facilitate a forum after worship for folks to reflect on their experience.
  • Morning Grounding

  • Monday, April 07, 2025 at 10:00 AM
    Zoom


    Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.

    MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions.

    Register here!

    Next week, Monday Morning Grounding is going to take a break and not meet April 14 (Holy Week) and April 21 (Easter Monday). We will reconvene on April 28! 

     

  • Chicago Practice Group

  • Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:00 PM


    Music that Makes Community's Chicago Practice Group gathers monthly at Bethany United Church of Christ. All are welcome to sing with others, learn new tunes, and strengthen your song leading skills! 

  • Minneapolis-St. Paul MMC Practice Group

  • Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 03:30 PM
    St. Timothy's Lutheran in St Paul, MN

    Paperless Singing Practice Group

    If you are looking for a new way to foster vulnerability, trust and connection in your worship, meetings or gatherings… if you enjoy oral singing tradition… or if you need a place to rest your soul and be filled…

    Join Conie Borchardt, Maria Anderson-Lippert and Liesl Spitz for a Paperless Singing Practice Group. This gathering is for anyone who loves to sing, churchy and non-churchy alike. Questions? Contact [email protected]

    Learn more about paperless singing in the style of Music that Makes Community here.

  • Morning Grounding

  • Monday, April 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
    Zoom


    Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.

    MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions.

    Register here!

     

Music that Makes Community
304 Bond Street * Brooklyn, NY 11231

[email protected]
(612) 204-2235