Patrick Evans is a native of Alabama, and holds degrees from the University of Montevallo and Florida State University.

In addition to his role as Artist-in-Residence at BPC, Patrick is Associate Professor in the Practice of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School and the Institute of Sacred Music. He is committed to the reclaiming and renewal of congregational song, with special attention to songs of the global church.

As Director of Music for the daily ecumenical worship in Marquand Chapel, he works with the Dean of Chapel, student chapel ministers and musicians, and a wide range of students, faculty, and guests from varied denominational backgrounds and musical traditions.

He recently joined a team of church musician/teachers convened by the United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Missions, spending two weeks in Uganda, teaching and learning from church musicians and pastors from that country, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan. He has also been on the faculties of the Montreat and Westminster Conferences on Music and Worship, and was Director of Music for Seattle University's 2007 Summer Institute for Liturgy and Worship.

He is in demand as a worship leader, lecturer, and liturgical musician.