Drum set, Marching Band Percussion, Music Production, Piano, and Music Theory

Teaches in: English

Sebastian is a multi-instrumentalist and music producer, who has been playing music around the valley for over 15 years. He graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Popular Music, concentrating in music production and audio engineering, while having previously spent two and a half years majoring in Drum set Performance— giving him a well-rounded foundation in both the creative and technical sides of music.

Sebastian has experience playing and performing drum set across a wide range of musical genres and ensemble settings, with a primary focus on pop, R&B, neo-soul, jazz fusion, and electronic music. His versatility as a drummer has taken him to perform in both live and studio environments.

In addition, Sebastian has extensive marching percussion experience, playing tenor drums with the Sun Devil Marching Band Drumline and Breakthrough Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Beyond his instrumental background, he has developed hands-on skills in audio recording, editing, mixing, and mastering while interning in multiple recording studios and producing for both others and himself.

While being great at an instrument is an incredible feeling, he believes music is foremost a unique tool to nurture necessary life skills; such as empathy, work ethic, teamwork, and healthy emotional expression. His goal through teaching is to hopefully impart these ideas onto his students while providing the proper resources and guidance to develop great technique, tone, timing, and feel.

In his free time, Sebastian enjoys reading fiction, playing board games, and doing improv comedy.