Sebastian Buhts

Assistant Professor, Music

J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts 2165
(636) 339-6936
sbuhts@lindenwood.edu

Biographical Information

Sebastian Buhts is a percussionist and conductor based in St. Louis, MO. As Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Lindenwood University, Sebastian conducts the Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, and teaches courses on conducting and Applied Percussion. 

In addition to teaching, Sebastian maintains an active and diverse performance schedule. Recent highlights include performing percussion with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducting the St. Charles County Symphony Orchestra, and performing marimba for the Orchestra of Northern New York Chamber Music Series. An avid proponent of new music, Sebastian has performed world premieres at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Cortona New Music Sessions in Cortona, Italy, and with chamber music ensembles throughout the U.S. and Germany.

Sebastian received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University, where he studied with Gwendolyn Dease and Jon Weber. His Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees are from Belmont University, where he studied with Christopher Norton. Additionally, Sebastian studied orchestral percussion and timpani at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden, Germany, and at the Aspen Music Festival and School. He studied North Indian tabla drumming intensively in Canada and India with Shawn Mativetsky and Pandit Kishor Kumar Mishra, respectively.