There are three types of events listed on our calendar:
- MMC Workshops and Retreats planned collaboratively with hosts around the United States and Canada. Includes in-person and online.
- Community Events are a mix of gatherings organized by others for the benefit of the wider musical community. This includes but are not limited to Local Practice Groups made of past participants and presenters and Song Circles/Community SINGS offered by other organizations and musicians akin to MMC.
- Online Events highlight virtual offerings offered by MMC and others; includes one-time trainings, recurring events, and everything in-between.
Upcoming Events
-
Monday, December 21, 2026 at 06:00 PM
Zoom
Join Music that Makes Community leaders as we sing, pray, and hold vigil to celebrate the Longest Night of the year. We'll hold space for silence, stillness, and share songs for this season of waiting. We'll hold each other and our wounded and emerging world with tenderness and care.
Light a candle or two, bring a poem or song to share, and stop by for a few minutes or an hour, during your time zone's 7-8:30 p.m. or whenever it works for you. We'll be online from 7-8:30 p.m. in rolling time zones, from Eastern to Pacific. The event is free and open to all with a free will offering accepted.
- Atlantic: 8 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Eastern: 7 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
- Central: 6-10:30 p.m.
- Mountain: 5-9:30 p.m.
- Pacific: 4-8:30 p.m.Click HERE to register.
-
Sunday, December 27, 2026 at 01:00 PM
Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick, ME
Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church hosts a Monthly Community Sing. Come sing with us and nourish connection, well-being, and joy! All are welcome to 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.Join us in-person from 1-2:30 pm on the 4th Sunday of each month.Contact [email protected] for more information!
--
-
Sunday, January 24, 2027 at 01:00 PM
Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick, ME
Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church hosts a Monthly Community Sing. Come sing with us and nourish connection, well-being, and joy! All are welcome to 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.Join us in-person from 1-2:30 pm on the 4th Sunday of each month.Contact [email protected] for more information!
--
-
Sunday, February 21, 2027 at 05:00 PM
Zoom
MMC continues its Online Songleader Training for Intergenerational Spaces!
Music that Makes Community is offering our third online songleader training for Intergenerational Spaces on Sunday, February 21, 2027 from 5-7 p.m. ET. This training is intended to be paired with a Virtual Practice Group. Watch this website calendar for more details to come.
There is growing curiosity and energy for making space for ALL generations to raise their voices in song. Music that Makes Community has been sharing these song leading practices without paper for almost 20 years and we are ready to support this transformation in each of our communities.
Virtual participants will come away from this training:
- with skills to lead paperless singing in their contexts,
- new songs appropriate for many intergenerational spaces,
- leadership postures and gestures for songleading
- frameworks of what types of songs to use when
- and more ...
Special thanks to Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative for co-sponsoring this workshop!
Registration information
Suggested Registration Fee: $25-150.
We believe that financial access shouldn't be a barrier to receiving training. To honor our community's diverse financial realities, we use a sliding scale. Please contribute what you can with gratitude for the time and skill of our facilitators and consider supporting others' attendance to help create access to events like these.
To register, click the orange "Register" button at the link below, then select one of the four suggested registration options. You will have two options to donate an additional amount: 1) to cover the processing fees of your registration and 2) to make an additional gift to MMC.
Click here to Register!
Space is limited to 50 participants.
--
-
Sunday, February 28, 2027 at 01:00 PM
Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick, ME
Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church hosts a Monthly Community Sing. Come sing with us and nourish connection, well-being, and joy! All are welcome to 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.Join us in-person from 1-2:30 pm on the 4th Sunday of each month.Contact [email protected] for more information!
--