Paul Hillebrand

Paul Hillebrand is a musician, artist and spiritual leader. Originally from Evanston, Illinois, he relocated to attend Arizona State University [1] with an illustrious group of spirtual leaders including musical artist Tom Booth [2] and bible scholar Kevin Saunders. Paul graduated ASU with honors and a degree in choral education and later complemented his music with additional theological studies by completing a certificate advanced liturgical studies at Corpus Christi Center in Phoenix. [3].

Liturgical Leader

Paul has been writing and performing music and has been involved in Liturgical Music Ministry for since the early 1980's. Starting out as a skinny talented student, he began bringing the word of God through music at St. Jerome's in Glendale, AZ and grew in talent an experience at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was the Director of Music and Liturgy for 15 years. For the past several years, Paul has been the Director of Music at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, [4] which is perhaps the fastest growing parish in Arizona. Parishioners will often tell you how much the music has attracted them to St Patrick's, where Paul, Fr Eric Tellez and Kevin McGoin have joined together to create a vibrant liturgical team.

Family

Paul lives in Tempe, Arizona and is a devoted husband to his beautiful wife Nan and their five children... Michael, Mary Claire, Madeline, Peter and Julia. Michael is studying at ASU and is following in his father's footsteps to becoming an amazing musician and works with Paul at St. Patrick's on keyboards for the Music Ministry.

Teacher

Paul leads prayer concerts, workshops and retreats throughout the year. He has sung on many recordings for various Liturgical artists. In addition to spreading God's word through song, Paul is a gifted pianist and guitarist and shares his talent with others through music workshops and instruction so that all generations can be inspired by beautiful and meaningful music.

Music Collections

He has 3 collections of his original Liturgical music. “Promise”, “How Shall We Know You? and “Journey to You”, and 4 collections of various composers…”I Will Lift Up My Voice”- Sung sacred Classics, “Seasons of Prayer”, “Come to Us, O Lord” a Christmas album and “Songs of the Good Shepherd” a children’s collection. Paul is also published at Oregon Catholic Press, Spirit and Song, and World Library Publications. A recent critique of Paul's recent album was published in the Catholic Sun. [5]

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