Tony Sbrana
Director of Music
Tony hails from Salinas, CA and has been playing the guitar since he saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He is a gifted and prolific songwriter and has performed in bands and as a solo artist for several decades. Tony is an ordained minister and has a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition, as well as a M.A. in Theology and Ministry from Fuller Seminary. He has served in several churches in musical and pastoral roles, and also worked with Young Life for nearly 30 years in locales from California to New Hampshire. He has been the Director of Music at Grace Marin since shortly after it was founded. Interesting personal trivia: in the mid ’80s he began doing stand-up comedy in the Bay Area, and in 1985, he won the North Bay Stand-up Comic of the Year contest. Tony’s wife, Michele, is Director of Operations and Engagement for The Flourish Collective. Tony and Michele live in Danville. Their son Riley and daughter-in-law, Alison, live in Ft. Collins, CO. Their other son, Casey, lives in Monrovia, CA.