George Bernard Shaw described life in startling terms when he wrote in one of his plays: “The lives which have no use, no meaning, no purpose, will fade out. You will have to justify your existence or perish.” In our global, information age of limitless possibilities, the freedom to be anything has turned into the expectation to be everything. As a result, many of us feel relentless pressure to justify our existence or perish. So we try to establish our value by making more money, enhancing our sex appeal, gaining more influence, or improving our image. But despite our attempts to prov
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Dr. Seth Ward
Music Director
Seth Ward has served as Music Director at Central Presbyterian Church since January of 2009.
Seth received his Double Masters in piano and composition from Baylor University. While there, he studied choral conducting with Donald Bailey. He has recently completed his Doctorate in Music Composition from Rice University at the Shepherd School of Music. He studied piano with Logan Skelton during his undergraduate years, Krassimira Jordan while at Baylor, and John Perry at the Aspen Music Festival. He has studied composition primarily with Richard Lavenda and Scott McAllister. He has also received composition lessons from Samuel Adler, William Bolcom, and Art Gottschalk. His piano and chamber compositions have been performed in competitions internationally and have been enthusiastically received.
In addition to his classical training, Seth has also toured as a Contemporary Christian Artist with his wife, Amber, before moving to NYC. They have two records together as the group, "Five Cent Stand'." While finishing his Doctorate in Houston, Seth worked as pianist at Second Baptist Houston and orchestra director and arranger at Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugar Land, Texas. James 1:17