About Us

Welcome!

On behalf of the staff and Board of Directors at The Worship Arts Conservatory, I extend to you a heartfelt welcome. As worship artists, it is our privilege to learn of and handle the most significant theme in the Word.

As president of the Conservatory, it is my desire to ensure that all your classes be conducted with excellence and anointing, and that together we remain as lifelong students of the presence of God. Although this is a distance learning program, I would like you to know that each of our faculty and staff are committed to relationship with you and are available to you on a personal level.

Your servant in Christ,

Vivien Hibbert
President

The Worship Arts Conservatory was commissioned in 1999 as an on-line school to aid worship ministers and Christian artists pursue a deeper knowledge of God while learning to use their art for His glory. We draw our expert faculty from local churches as well as from internationally renowned ministries to provide the specific training needed. Our current program offerings include our flagship Associate in Worship Arts (A.W.A.) degree program and the Independent Study program.

The Worship Arts Conservatory has assembled a diverse group of directors and core staff who are fully committed to the service and responsibilities embodied in our mission and organizational charter. These individuals work to formulate effective policies and practices for the Conservatory. Our directors have expertise in pastoral leadership, ministry training, fine arts, technology, human resources, business, education, and theological studies. Most of all, our directors are Christians in right standing with Biblical standards.

This group of outstanding individuals comprises the governing body of the Conservatory:

Vivien Hibbert has given her life to the study of worship. Born in New Zealand, Vivien is the author of Prophetic Worship and the praise and worship manual, Ministry Music. Vivien is a regular faculty member of the International Worship Symposium, International Worship Institute, and Canada Arise (Vancouver, BC). She is known as a zealous worshiper and regarded as a premier educator in the field. With over twenty years of practical experience in the field of Worship Arts, her leadership ensures that our mission and values are articulated and transmitted to all constituencies. As our primary educator, President Hibbert also directs the growth and development of both staff and students. The Worship Arts Conservatory is blessed to have such a genuine and anointed leader.

Rebecca came to Christ as a young adult and has carried a vision for the restoration of the arts in worship since that time. She has served Vivien Hibbert as her personal assistant for over thirteen years providing traveling, intercessory, research/writing, and administrative support. She is both an instructor and administrator for The Worship Arts Conservatory. In addition she provides teaching and creative support for numerous Fine Arts projects and Worship Conferences. For six years she served as Administrative Assistant at Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Rev. Joannah (Pastor Jo) Glaeser is a part of the pastoral team at Living Waters Christian Fellowship and an instructor at Living Word Bible College, both in Pasadena, California. A graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary and California State University at Los Angeles, Joannah is completing her doctoral studies at the Institute of Worship Studies in Florida. As a composer she has written a number of church anthems and worship choruses that have gone around the world, including Be It Unto Me According to Thy Word and Blow Upon Me O Wind of God.
Joannah is a regular faculty member of the Regional Worship Symposium held each January in Pasadena. She has also ministered with teaching teams in Canada, Taiwan, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Germany, Bulgaria, Holland, England and Belgium, seeing people released in worship as the Lord comes to inhabit the praises of His people. Her greatest joy is found in teaching the hungry, energetic students at Living Word Bible College and seeing them return to their own nations to scatter Seed and gather the Harvest.

Don Iler is founder and President of Servants Heart Ministries, a helps ministry to the less fortunate, with current outreach programs in Guatemala and Mexico. Don is also a business man and plant manager for an American company in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Over the past twenty-six years he has held a variety of leadership positions in local churches. He has a passion for teaching and intercession, and a fervent desire to see Christians develop in their callings and grow in their worship journeys with Jesus.

Mark Carruth been involved with Christian worship for over thirty years as a musician and worship leader, serving a broad spectrum of churches ranging from liturgical to non-denominational to cell-based. He has over twenty years of experience in Information Technology, working as a programmer, system administrator, database administrator and consultant. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Texas.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14)

The Worship Arts Conservatory is established to provide a superior educational experience to men and women who are called to minister through the arts. We are devoted to equipping present and future worship ministers and artists as they pursue a deeper knowledge of God and learn to use their art for God's glory.

By providing a distinct and relevant education, we endeavor to advance the frontiers of the Kingdom of God, to contribute boldly to the international Christian faith community, and to pursue these objectives with vision and integrity. The Worship Arts Conservatory seeks to engage the mind, strengthen the spirit, and encourage the best efforts of everyone associated with the school. In so doing, we work to release artists and musicians into churches, cities and nations to "make His praise glorious" (Psalm 66:2) and to be lifelong learners and ministers for the glory of God.

While we uphold the basic tenets of the Christian faith, The Worship Arts Conservatory has no denominational affiliation. We leave such intentions to the discretion of students, faculty and staff on an individual basis. By the power and leading of the Holy Spirit, The Worship Arts Conservatory will partner with the local church and other ministries to offer Biblical and practical training. We believe that:

The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

In addition to the above statements of purpose and belief, we consider it our spiritual prerogative to: