Gospel Music Workshop of America

Active GMWA Membership ranges from professional and amateur Gospel vocalists to instrumentalists, composers, arrangers, directors and producers, and the like.

According to its official website, approximately 75% of the music on Billboard's Gospel Charts is written, arranged, produced, or performed by GMWA members.

The conventions include workshops and musical performances during the week and attract 12,000 to 15,000 registrants annually.

A mass choir of 2,000 to 3,000 vocalists is formed at each GMWA convention, and each year a new recording is produced.

The first GMWA convention was held in Detroit, Michigan in 1968 at King Solomon Baptist Church.