A study of biblical theology that provides the foundations of the praxis of worship in personal, community, and marketplace settings. Students will gain theological insight through the study of scripture with the specific focus of worship. They will study the establishment of worship from the Old Testament and realize the connection to New Testament church worship traditions. A cornerstone of worship transcending culture and time will be defined. Students will capture the theology of worship as it relates to the local congregation and the global church.

An introductory approach to composition and arranging techniques which explore competency in notation software such as SmartScore, Finale, Garageband. This course also explores the use of sequencing, loops in live or recording applications and integrating midi and digital audio to capture the student's daily inspiration.

In this course the musician will become an archaeologist of song experts. The student will mine through handfuls of timeless songs, and learn how to uncover and use relics and fragments of songwriting past, present, and future. The student will be equipped to gain inspiration from what they find, and will then gain the skill of integrating these fragments effectively, originally, and creatively into their own songwriting and compositions.

The student will learn advanced techniques in shaping musical compositions and arrangements, and will build a 7-Element ‘unified song’ that reflects all 8-weeks of learning in one cohesive work. This course is unique in that it offers the student a chance to compose in many individual elements common to composition, but gives the student the opportunity to preserve theme and motif consistently across the whole of a work.

The object of this course is not only to compose music that helps describe God truthfully to ourselves and others, but also learn how to create music that better helps people deepen in their logic of God. The student will plumb the depths of elements that make music, (i.e. pitch, rest, cadence, rhythm, etc.), and they will learn how musical items become a catalyst for all Christ’s followers—both musicians and not—to disciple people better.