Music: Worship Arts (BA)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Program Description: At LBC, we’re passionate about training students to lead God’s people in corporate worship grounded in a scriptural understanding of arts and the church. As you learn, you’ll also be sharpening your own musical skills and developing as a servant leader.
On top of LBC’s unparalleled biblical instruction, you will gain tools and knowledge to engage people through the arts as you participate in the story of God together. You will be mentored by caring and experienced professors as well as local leaders, with ample hands-on opportunities to lead your peers and gain real-time ministry experience. Our students graduate prepared spiritually, academically, and professionally to serve in churches, retreat & conference centers, parachurch organizations, and beyond.
Major Mission: To bring arts leadership to the Church that is Jesus-centered, servant-hearted, and intentionally formative
Program Outcomes:
Students will:
- Technical: Demonstrate basic musicianship skills in sight-singing, dictation, conducting, voice and piano.
- Faith Integration: Describe and demonstrate the integration of Biblical faith in life and career as artists.
- Synthesis: Apply historical and theoretical understanding to the analysis, performance, and creation of musical forms, processes, and structures found in representative examples from the western music tradition.
- Design diverse corporate worship settings for response to God's revelation and formation of the community.
- Exhibit leadership skills in mentoring and administration
Program Requirements:
Continuation in MWPA Programs
Upon completion of 42 credits and/or during the second semester Sophomore year, the MWPA Faculty will vote on the student’s formal acceptance into the specific program leading toward graduation.
Criteria for formal acceptance:
- Satisfactory evaluation of jury performance (2 semesters)
- Cumulative GPA of 2.0 (C average)
- Professional GPA of 2.7 (B- average)
- Applied GPA of 3.0 (B average)
- Attendance at required departmental events
- Participation in and attendance at departmental performance events
Probation
For freshmen, if applied GPA is between 2.0-3.0 and/or professional GPA is between 2.0-2.7, student will be on probation for sophomore year.
For sophomores, if applied GPA is between 2.0-3.0 and/or professional GPA is between 2.0-2.7, student will meet with the department chair to determine continued action plan.
If applied and/or professional GPA is below 2.0, students will be asked to find another major.
The curriculum sheet identifies the courses for this program. Music: Worship Arts (BA) Curriculum Sheet
For the course descriptions related to this program, see the courses section of the catalog.
Program Director:
Ryan Shenk, MA Theological and Cultural Anthropology
Ryan has served in worship ministry leadership for 20 years, for eight of which he has led the Worship Arts program at LBC.