Artbeat Radio

Description: For CECA’s Star Club’s July addition of ArtBeatRadio, we wanted to celebrate the Fourth of July with what we consider to be patriotic songs. We recorded our voices and our instruments, rewrote lyrics, and discussed and altered the creative direction of various songs. We hope this episode makes you feel at home and ready to P-A-R-T-Y.  Your hosts and producers, Jenn...

Hello All and welcome to another Art Beat Radio episode, a continuation of LAST WEEK's episode: Culture food: Chinese edition. In this week's episode our hosts Brian, Eric, Aaron, Alexa, and Katie will discuss Chinese food with a special guest,  Chef Danny Bowien, Owner of Mission Chinese restaurant. We chat with Chef Danny about his culinary experience, while learning all about Chinese food...

 Hello All and welcome to Another Art Beat Radio episode. In this week’s episode: Culture food: Chinese edition, Brian, Eric, Aaron, Alexa, and Katie discuss Chinese food with a special guest,  Chef Danny Bowien, Owner of Mission Chinese restaurant. We chat with Chef Danny about his culinary experience, while learning all about Chinese food and culture! Transcription: Aaron: Hello e...

Hello and welcome back to ArtBeat radio!  This week’s installment features lots of refreshing insight and fun facts about animals with AAW MAP Program student Jack Medved.  Jack shares a detailed interview about his favorite places to go and animals to see, as well as an in-depth informative segment on the nature of sloths.  We hope you enjoy listening! Jack: Roll the questions!&nbs...

Hello and welcome back to ArtBeat Radio!  In this week’s episode, the Service Users of AAW San Diego share their experiences starting back in-person full time through a collaborative peer interview, and an original parody of the song Feel This Moment, by Pitbull and Christina Aguilera titled, Finally Being in Person.  The Service Users have been working long and hard and we hope you enjo...

Hello and welcome back to ArtBeat radio!  This week’s installment features a variety of music and fun discussions with “CECA’s Star Club,” from AAW CECA Center.  The first piece is a parody of Thank You for the Music by ABBA, titled, Welcome to Our Podcast.  Then the Service Users discuss sports (specifically history of the Dodgers), relationship advice, and finally share some fresh...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio! Max: Hello and welcome back to ArtBeat radio!  This week, we will be sharing a short scene called, The Glowing Battle Sword from the Sea, from a series called, Beach Front Stories, created by students in playwriting class at ART Center.   We worked together to brainstorm, rehearse, and record these scenes and we hope you enjoy them!  SCENE 4:...

Introduction: Hello everyone, and welcome back to ArtBeat Radio!  This EPI from the Able Arts!  Here we have some original parodies and some original music that we have been working on for the past couple of weeks.  We hope you enjoy it and have a great rest of your day.  Rudy’s Loops IntroductionIn this piece called, “Rudy’s Loops,” created by Rudy Austin, it’s a collection on...

Welcome back to ArtBeat radio!  This week’s installment features the song-writing, artistic direction, and production talents of AAW ART Center student Eric Rejillas.  The first piece is a parody of Don’t Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin, titled My Bathtub, and the second is a parody of I’m Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves titled, Chicken Katsu.  Both songs were created...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio!  This week’s installment features the collaborative efforts of students at AAW ART Center and San Diego Center in their unique musical and theatrical stories about the beach.  The first piece A Day at the Beach Feeling Fine and Sandy, features a musical story about a class field trip to La Jolla; written, recorded and produced by Service Users in San Diego...

Hello and welcome back to ArtBeat Radio. My name is Renee and I am a student at Able ARTS Work San Diego.  In 2021, I was cast as the lead role of Audrey in "Little Shop of Horrors". In today's episode, I will be singing two of my favorite songs from the musical: "Suddenly Seymour" and "Somewhere That's Green". Not only did I sing, but I chose the instrumentation and tempo to make the so...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio!  This week’s episode features the collaborative musical creations of AAW students from both San Diego Center and ART Center.  The Service Users sing and share about aspects of their experience making friends virtually, and navigating changes together as a team. Through the first piece, a parody of The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson, the students share a mess...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio!  This week’s episode feature’s two debut performances from Able Arts Work, San Diego’s Podcast Class, and Music Therapy Group.  The first piece, Hear Us on the Radio, is a parody of Heard on the Radio from Disney’s Austin and Ally; through which the artists sing about their favorite aspects of spring.  The second piece Get to Know Us is an entirely ori...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio! This episode features the vocal and production talents of Able Arts Work, ART Center’s Song Creation class.  The students worked collaboratively to sing and record their own versions of two classic Beatles hits; Let it Be, and All You Need is Love.   Jillian: Hello everyone this is the song creation class, and my name is Jillian Anderson.  We vote...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! In this episode, Stephanie gives us a sneak peek on an original play she wrote. You’ll hear a couple scenes being acted out with the help of the podcast class, as well as a reinterpretation of “Maybe” from Annie sung by Stephanie and Jillian. Check out the synopsis below and enjoy the episode! Synopsis: “Come Away with Me, Annie Twist: The Musical” is set somewh...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! Today, we hear from CECA’s Musical Learning class. CECA created songs inspired from topics they have been learning about in class. The class wrote songs based on places they did research on and other topics such as: butterflies, dogs, and cooking. Enjoy! Thanks for listening and tune in next time! For more information about our organization, please visit our web...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! In this episode, the Podcast Class have a conversation about their favorite types of music and how it all makes them feel. Enjoy!   Audio Transcription: (Please listen on Podomatic or Spotify to view the full transcript)   *Intro music by Artbeat Radio staff*    Music, stories, and more! You’re listening to Artbeat Radio, a program of Ab...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! Today we hear from Lisa, a musician from our Mobile Arts Program. Lisa has set a goal to learn one new piece of music a month and is excited to share two pieces of music that she has been working on in her music therapy sessions. Lisa has recorded the songs "Let it Be" by The Beatles, and "Spread My Wings" by Troop. In Lisa's rendition of "Let it Be" she has been lea...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! We had the opportunity to interview Ricky Mena! Ricky dresses up as Spider-Man, taking a therapeutic approach to enhance the quality of life in children who are terminal, battling life threatening illness, special needs, fostered, abused, bullied, and more. He has touched countless lives in his time as Spider-Man and has big plans to continue in the future. Listen in...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! You’re listening to our 100th episode! We started in 2012, posting about one episode a year. In September of 2020, quarantine inspired us to find a way to interact more with our greater community. Unable to go on community outings or leave our homes, we decided it was time to post on a weekly basis to maintain our connection. Listen in as we share our favorite moment...

Welcome back to Artbeat Radio! This is an episode created and produced by Artbeat Radio staff member, Brian Corder. Listen in as he shares his vulnerable moments through song with the world. Below is a note from Brian.  To all the listeners, I hope that you enjoy listening to all these songs. From, Brian Corder  (1:40) A Rush to the Shore- Brian Corder’s original lyrics su...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio! Listen in as we interview Dawna Bass the co- owner of  Rainbow Juices, an amazing juice shop and Under the Sun, a raw vegan café; both located in Long Beach. We had the opportunity to interview her as part of our collaboration with KLBP 99.1 back in 2021.  Visit them at 246 E. 3rd st Long Beach, CA or follow @RainbowJuicesLB and @UnderTheSunLB on Instagram...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio! We have a new logo! We held a contest back in August of 2021 to discover our new logo. A panel of judges looked through the 26 submissions and determined that there was a tie between ART Center artists, Julianna Gallardo and Matthew Campano. They collaborated with a professional graphic designer and put their two pieces together to create a final logo. We couldn’t de...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio! We have an extra special episode today! Here is an original musical created by the artists at CECA. They have a full visual version of this musical available on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zex4d9LNA“Being Seen” is a CECA original musical made by the musical storytelling I group. They learned about musical theater. After hearing “Over at...

Welcome back to ArtBeat Radio! You’re listening to part 2 of our Identity series. We held a panel of Able ARTS Work clients back in October 2021 and asked them various questions regarding their identities and how each individual feels about person first language vs identify first language.  Thank you to Max Lecanu-Fayet, Stephanie Monis, Renee Morneau, Timothy Holmes, Alison Salo, Brian Corde...