Master of Arts in Worship Studies: Worship Techniques
Increase Your Skills and Techniques with Liberty’s Master of Arts in Worship Studies – Worship Techniques!
Become equipped to better serve the church as a skilled, passionate leader of worship while you pursue a Master of Arts in Worship Studies from the School of Music. Through the program, you will receive training in qualitative and quantitative research methods in order to adapt worship theory to the local church. You will also learn to minister in a variety of evangelical worship cultures with skill and expertise.
Through the Worship Techniques concentration, you will take courses such as The Dynamics of the Worship Leader, Principles of Worship Technology, and Music Resources & Literature for Worship Leading.
Pursue Your Degree with Confidence
- Our music degrees are accredited by NASM, the National Association of Schools of Music.
- We are a designated “All Steinway” school.
- Our students have produced albums that have been nominated for awards, with Liberty alumni going on to become Dove-award winning Christian artists and songwriters
- Use our state-of-the-art, $2.2 million recording studio and Liberty Music Group (LMG) publishing company to bring your songs to life
What Will You Learn?
- Materials used in program building of instrumental and choral ensembles in non-traditional worship settings
- Principles of harmonic function are taught and applied to representative worship literature forms
- The principles of worship found in the Old and New Testaments and how they apply to modern worship
- The special relationship between the worship leader and the pastor, worship leader and other staff members, singers/instrumentalists, and the congregation
Career Opportunities for Worship Studies Graduates
- Director of worship and drama
- Minister of music
- Music and family minister
- Worship pastor
- Program director for contemporary worship
Faculty and Facilities Available to Worship Studies 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. 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 (LMG) 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: bachelor’s degree in music, music education, or music and worship
These rates are reflective of academic year 2024-2025. 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 the degree total
Next Start Date
Aug 18, 2025
Accreditation
NASM
