Master of Arts Music and Worship: Commercial Music Performance
Fine-Tune Your Talent and Train for Success with Liberty’s Music and Worship Master’s Degree
It’s time to take the next step in your journey toward a career in music and worship. If you have obtained a bachelor’s degree in music but recognize the need to stand out in the competitive music industry, consider graduate studies. Our Master of Arts in Music and Worship has a specialization in commercial music performance so you can train under industry professionals with state-of-the-art equipment at our Michael W. Smith Center for Commercial Music in preparation for your future career in the music industry.
Whether your passion is to serve as a worship leader, or you have a dream of performing as a contemporary Christian artist, this graduate degree provides the tools and experience you need to make a name for yourself in the field. Develop your specific musical talent while receiving career and spiritual guidance from our experienced music faculty.
Pursue Your Degree with Confidence
- Our School of Music is accredited by NASM, the National Association of Schools of Music.
- We are a designated “All Steinway” school.
- Our 141,000-square-foot Center for Music and Worship Arts has been voted “Best of the Best in Higher Education” for 6 years in a row by Worship Leader Magazine.
- Our School of Music is rated #1 Christian music school by Christian Universities Online.
- Work with new and successful artists through our Michael W. Smith Center for Commercial Music as you prepare for your future.
What Will You Learn?
- A review of conducting gestures and patterns, advanced score interpretation, and rehearsal management and technique
- Analysis of the historical differences in music literature and practice
- How to apply various melodic concepts and music forms to contemporary worship
- How to teach music techniques and theory to students
- The dynamic influences of personal, biblical, historical, professional, and practical worship to the ministry of the local church
Career Opportunities for Music Education – Conducting Master’s Degree Graduates
- Contemporary Christian artist
- Director of worship and drama
- Minister of music
- Music and worship evangelist
- Worship leader or pastor
Faculty and Facilities Available to Music Education Students
- You will have access to 45 full-time faculty who hold degrees from Liberty University and other prestigious music schools in the nation.
- We are grateful to serve students with cutting-edge acoustic capabilities in our facility.
- Ensemble and recital courses provide our music students with hands-on conducting experience.
- Our students have produced albums that have been nominated for awards, and Liberty alumni have gone on to become Dove-award winning Christian artists and songwriters.
- We offer a $2.2 million recording studio and Liberty Music Group publishing company for our students to use.
Admission Requirements for Our Graduate Degree Programs
A 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and all applicants must submit the following documents and meet the minimum requirements for admission:
- Admission application
- Self-certification form for students who are in the final term of their bachelor’s degree
- Current Liberty undergraduate students seeking preliminary acceptance into a graduate program must complete a degree completion application through their ASIST account
- Completion of an earned baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in one of the following areas: music, music education, or music and worship
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Credit Hours
Available On Campus
Class Type
Residential
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 50% of your total degree
Next Start Date
Aug 18, 2025
Accreditation
NASM
