Learning How to Glorify God
Sing and play your heart out to God as you lead others in doing the same!
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.
Students in the Music, Worship & Performing Arts department get the chance to showcase their musical skills through recitals, concerts and by leading worship during chapel. Enjoy “More Than an Experience” by MBSSY, an LBC student worship team.
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A foundational understanding of a biblical theology of worship is introduced. Additionally, an overview of the art of worship from early Christian times through the current post-modern trends is included. Practical implications for worship situations in today’s church are drawn from both the biblical and historical context.
Further development of topics covered in Music Theory I (MUS 101) including harmony, cadences, and embellishing tones are studied. Roman numerals, figured bass, and chord symbols are used in intermediate analytical and practical applications.
This course focuses on the theory and practice of “preaching” while leading worship – a guide to “worship homiletics” for worship leaders. Students learn to “preach/teach” while guiding worship in the contemporary, blended, and traditional services. The final project is presented to the public as the Senior Project.
Advanced harmony and rhythms are studied. Counterpoint and voice-leading of these musical elements are applied in arrangements written for various ensembles.
Musical form and advanced harmony are studied. These musical elements are explored through the composition of original pieces.
This is an introductory course to electronic media with specific application to its use in worship ministries. Basic areas covered include visual (still, video, streaming) and audio editing and production, Flash presentations, related software applications (Powerpoint®, worship preparation software, ProPresenter®), related web-based resources, basic recording techniques, and the use of media in worship ministries.
This course is an examination of media as tools to convey cultural ideas (including religious ideas, philosophical ideas, worldviews, persuasive messages, and culture itself). A cultural lens for both consumers and producers of media to evaluate mass media on behalf of church and society will be developed. The student will investigate how the mass media both reflect and shape cultural ideas. Students will apply critical skills to learn how to analyze all forms of media communication. Prerequisite(s): COM 202 or permission of instructor. (This course is cross-listed as COM 302.) 3 credits.
This course examines music from Classicism to Romanticism, concentrating on the major composers of each era, their musical contributions, vocal and instrumental developments, and the progression of musical style and form within the historical, sociological, technological, and theological advancements and influences of these eras.
Rhythm Section Methods introduces guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, and percussion, giving the student a basic understanding of how each instrument is played. Instruction includes technical, expressive, and notational characteristics of each instrument.
This advanced beginner class expands on the techniques learned in Jazz I with focus on cleanly executed technique, well connected movement quality, dynamics and increased strength and flexibility. A variety of jazz styles will be introduced. Students will be expected to retain at a more advanced pace, and properly execute combinations. Performance quality and dramatics of musical theatre jazz will be introduced and practiced.
This course is an in-depth investigation, with practical application, of the administrative process involved in a worship arts ministry. Basic areas covered will include the supervision and management of people and resources, vision-building, leadership development/staffing, planning of worship events, budgeting, and administering the use of electronic media/technology in worship.
Qualified students, during the final year of studies, present a worship event/project for the purpose of providing a final, cumulative artistic expression, show-casing their ability to develop and effectively produce a missional worship event/project that represents the biblical and spiritual core values of the College, while also demonstrating a profound understanding of personal worship.
This course builds on and reviews the foundations established in MUL 120 Voice Lab 1 and progresses to include a study of various contemporary commercial music voice styles. Class time is devoted to performing, listening, and evaluating performances by class members as well as recordings of professional singers.
Rhythm Section Methods introduces guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, and percussion, giving the student a basic understanding of how each instrument is played. Instruction includes technical, expressive, and notational characteristics of each instrument.
1. APPLY TO LBC BY COMPLETING OUR ONLINE APPLICATION.
2. AUDITION FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO THIS MAJOR
Every student who applies to any major in the Music, Worship & Performing Arts department must audition for acceptance into the major of their interest and must also be accepted as a student to Lancaster Bible College.