LANCASTER, Pa. (March 20, 2026) – Lancaster Bible College’s Music, Worship & Performing Arts Department will host a one-day Gospel Choir Workshop on April 11, 2026, in Good Shepherd Chapel, 901 Eden Road in Lancaster, Pa.

The free event is open to high school students as well as church and community singers who desire to learn more about the gospel style. LBC’s Director of Choral Activities Robert T. Gibson will lead the workshop from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., followed by a free community concert featuring workshop participants.

The day’s schedule includes:

• 9 a.m. — Singers arrive at Good Shepherd Chapel
• 9:20 a.m. — Welcome & Introductions
• 9:30 a.m. — Rehearsal
• Noon — Lunch on your own
• 1 p.m. — Final Rehearsal
• 2:30 p.m. — Break
• 3:30 p.m. — Gospel Concert in Good Shepherd Chapel (no tickets required)

Registration is open at lbc.edu/events.

Gibson is Director of Choral Activities at Lancaster Bible College, where his responsibilities include conducting all choral ensembles as well as instructing undergraduate courses in choral conducting, aural skills and choral methods. A Houston native, Gibson is also a conductor, composer and clinician who desires to develop future music educators for the next generation of music education.

He serves as a guest clinician with school, church and community choirs throughout the country in addition to festivals and honor choirs in Texas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Tennessee, Kansas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota and New York.

LBC’s Music, Worship & Performing Arts Department is to prepare students to become highly skilled artists who will influence the culture with grace and truth. LBC students choose majors from Composition, Performance and Music Education to Worship Arts and Musical Theatre. Learn more at lbc.edu/mwpa.

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Founded in 1933, Lancaster Bible College provides an accredited university-level education for multiple careers with a focus on the Bible and a biblical worldview, Christ and Christian character. LBC’s mission is to educate Christian students to think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving Him in the Church and society. In 2025, LBC introduced its new tagline, “Experience Different,” which highlights the college’s four key differentiators – biblical integration, authentic community, relational education and exceptional location.

Accredited through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation, LBC is also approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Association of Christian Schools International. Specialized accreditations are also in the areas of: Social Work (Council on Social Work Education), Music, Worship & Performing Arts (National Association of Schools of Music) and Sport Management (Commission on Sport Management Accreditation).

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