Music Ministry

The Music Ministry at Unity Spiritual Life Center presents a varied palette of musical offerings to enhance the worship experience. Our music team provides inspiring and reflective songs at each Sunday service. The congregation participates by singing group songs and hymns, meditation responses and "The Peace Song." Our 3 piece band fills the room each Sunday with energy while the vocal selections are carefully chosen each week to coincide with the Minister's Message.

The Gents

Rob Woyshner - Piano

Mr. Woyshner is a much sought-after soloist, accompanist, music director, arranger and composer. After winning many local and statewide competitions as a young man, he continued his studies on scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York City where he received his degrees in piano performance. Mr. Woyshner's teachers included Adele Marcus, Abbey Simon, Earl Wild and Mischa Dichter. Many people saw him playing Rhapsody in Blue at the opening of the 1984 Olympic games. After graduating, he returned to Southern California where he currently resides in Rossmoor with his wife, and three children.

As well as being a performer, Mr. Woyshner continues to pursue his love of theater. He has been musical director of many theater productions in Southern California. He received Drama-logue awards for his musical direction of CLOSER THEN EVER at the Long Beach Community Theater as well as for his original musical production of THE BOYS OF SUMMER at the Cal Rep Theater located at Long Beach State University. His original musical THE BIRD OF QUINTAIN (a story based on the life of Amelia Earhart) received it's world premier in 1994 at the Cal Rep Theater. In October of 1998, Mr. Woyshner was musical director for a new production AMONG THE CHOSEN FEW celebrating the opening of the new Edison Theater in downtown Long Beach. His most recent original musical WHO KILLED KASPAR HAUSER? also premiered at the Cal Rep Theater. He achieved acclaim as music director of the production NINE at the Chance Theater. In 2003 Mr. Woyshner musically directed more than a half dozen shows at the newly opened West End Theater in Los Alamitos. Currently he is working on a musical about Sonja Henie. Mr. Woyshner continues to play actively as an accompanist for numerous singers and instrumentalists. He is staff accompanist at the Orange County Performing Arts Center working with Barbara Cook, Megan Mullally, Jason Graae, Victoria Clark and many others. This is his thirteenth year as music director for Orange County Opera that has more than 200 performances annually. In addition, Mr. Woyshner, along with his friend, Thomas Macfarlane, plays the repertoire of four-hand piano music to audiences everywhere.

Lou Urosevic-Savage - Bass

Lou Savage is an actor, voiceover artist, writer and musician who, with his lovely wife Deborah, lives in Southern California.

His voice has been heard on commercials for Universal Studios, Lexus, Chrysler, Union 76 and dozens of other products.

As an actor, he's been seen on Days of Our Lives, The District and Port Charles, and has performed in a number of independent films. He's also been seen in industrials for Nikken, Allergan, Acura the San Diego Police and KPBS in San Diego.

Lou has also enjoyed a long career as a musician. He plays bass and piano, sings and writes. He's created music for companies like JVC, Kawai and Disney and has performed with acts ranging from Cab Calloway, The Righteous Brothers and Percy Sledge, to comedians like Bob Hope and Jay Leno.

He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a degree in Doublebass. (Doublebass, for those who don't know, is a bass fiddle, a standup bass, a string bass, acoustic bass, contrabass, dog house, etc.) At the Cleveland Institute, Lou studied orchestral and opera repertoire with teachers Larry Angell and Dave Perlman of the Cleveland Orchestra.

He also writes essays, articles and screenplays, based on whatever nonsensical topics pass through his mind. He'll soon be performing his original play called "Welcome to Fitzgerald and Sons" with its co-creators, Deborah Savage and Melissa Ritter.

He's the proud father of two children, Kristian and Elizabeth.

Rob Williams - Drums

Rob began playing drums and percussion at the age of nine. He has played in various musical groups including a wild west can-can show at Disneyland, a British marching band at the Queen Mary and other big band, jazz, Latin, church, and pop groups. Rob has been accompanying Debi for close to 19 years.

Rob has been in public education for over eighteen years working as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and district office support. Rob tutors children from Korea in English reading and writing skills and has taught teacher education classes for UCLA extension for many years. Currently, Rob is teaching second grade at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Norwalk. He has also written a book of humorous poetry for children that he is hoping to get published soon.

Rob's main job is that of husband and parent. He has been married to his lovely wife Kathy for 22 years and has four children: Takara, Naomi, Aaron, and Mitzi ages 17, 15, 12, and 11 respectively. The live with their dog, Hiram in Huntington Beach.