Sebastian Sauder is a second-year cello student at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, originally from Iowa City, Iowa. He currently studies with Peter Wiley, and has previously studied with Dr. Laura Shaw andKate Vos at the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, and Carol Werbow-Schierat the Musikschule der Stadt Erfurt. Sebastian currently serves as principal cellist/continuo of the Bard Baroque Ensemble, and is a fellow at the 2026 Emmanuel Bach Institute. He has appeared as a soloist with the Fort Dodge AreaSymphony and the Central Iowa Symphony. Sebastian has also recorded on folk and rock albums by Iowa City artists, and is studying mathematics at the College.

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