SEASIDE CENTER’S ARTS AND MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Seaside’s rich and thriving arts and music department contains many fabulous components comprised of our Sound Crew Team, Our Sunday Morning Jazz Band, our Wednesday Night Amazing Grace Band, our Seaside Choir, and the many people who make up these teams.

Our Artistic Director, Rev. Fran Loskota-Christ, who heads up most of the teams, brings many years of musical, professional experience to the table along with her position as Ordained New Thought Religious Science Minister.  She has composed many songs for both church and choir, as well as her own pop/jazz compositions.  In addition to booking musical talented guests for Sunday mornings, she engages in directing the 35+ voice Seaside Choir and assists our talented Bob Mathes in leading Sunday morning music, as well as in advisory capacity of the Sound Crew.  Concerts and musical events are her love, and she oversees and directs in that arena, too.  Giving piano lessons on Mondays this past summer was a joy and a slightly different approach to offering her gifts at Seaside.  Look for the Choir sign-up sheet in family room!

Our Seaside Jazz Band is directed by Bob Mathes, RScP, who has been a member of Seaside for over 14 years.  He has attracted many valuable players to our stage including, currently:  Hollis Hassel, Tom Bishop, Tracey Larvenz, Guillermo Espinal, and San Diego legend, Lynn Willard, and Steve Alan (who is on hiatus now), plus a plethora of visiting musicians over the years.  Bob is a licensed practitioner at Seaside, has over 30 years in the music business and also acts as consultant to our Sound Crew Team.

The Sound Crew Team consists of Melanie Bennett, Ed Reeves and Doug Parent.  Currently the team is busy fixing, repairing and using the fabulous gift we attracted earlier this year to enhance and augment our sound system.  The giving nature of these wonderful artists each in their own right, has benefited Seaside to the highest.

The Amazing Grace Wednesday Night Band, consisting of Jim Bianchi, Ahria, and Ed Reeves is something to hear….not only are they accompanying many gifted and talented singers, but they are on the stage soothing and performing God’s music in their inimitable styles.  Ahria, who composed all of the featured congregational songs, is a very talented singer who is a member of the Positive Music Association and has copyrighted many of her wonderful compositions.

Seaside strives for joyous, uplifting and amazing varieties of positive music – designed to inspire, calm, lift, provoke and evoke the Oneness within.  Sensing art’s and music’s abilities to align the innermost invisible parts of our beings, we take care in providing guest artists who can do just that.  From Freebo to Yolanda West, from Sherry Williams to Karl Anthony, from Danielle Lo Presti to Peter Sprague, or Peggy Lebo to Sweet Baby J’ai and hosts of others, we endeavor to demonstrate our interconnectedness and at the same time our unique expressions of God.  Our beautifully gifted Paul Lloyd Warner Boesendorfer piano anchors our excellence in live performances.

Our own resources including Marv Goldsmith as PowerPoint Presenter and Graphics Artist demonstrate our own depth in artistic creation. Board Member, David Hackett, RScP, is a designer by trade and has contributed much to Seaside’s beautiful appearance in font and color!!

Our holiday seasonal performances by the Choir and Teens and Children create a loving, family environment to many who are without family connection at this time.  We are reminded of our mission statement…to Love Humanity, Create Divinity, and Honor Community.

Seaside is known for its loving generosity in opening its doors to all kinds of outside events – from weddings and memorials to musical concerts to yoga conferences, etc.  Our special event coordinator, Karen Koblentz, has been on task in hosting fabulous New Thought speakers as recently as Lisa Nichols to  Deepak Chopra.  We are blessed to have our “godmother” be on that assignment, as her events are not to be missed and always well attended!

Seaside also podcasts its Sunday services through a fabulous videographer, Tim Griffin, RScP, and you can tune in any time at your convenience to hear our Spiritual Leader, Rev. Dr. Christian Sorensen, uplift your thoughts and present new ideas – all at your convenience and schedule.

As further information, our Musician Staff, Sound Crew, and Arts Dept. comprised of many professionals and educators, can be approached at any time for any of your own musical/arts events, or you may contact them through our Office Staff or my own extension number *849, by leaving your name and return number.