Dr. Robert Seebacher

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Robert J. Seebacher is Music Director and Conductor of the Johnson
City Symphony Orchestra in Tennessee, National Endowment for the
Humanities Associate Professor of Music, Director of Instrumental
Programs, and Music Program Chair at Centre College in Kentucky, and
Assistant Conductor of the National Chorale in New York. Previously,
he was Music Director of the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra and
Director of Orchestras and conductor of opera at the University of
South Alabama.

He has appeared with the Lexington Philharmonic, Youngstown Symphony,
Salt Lake Symphony, Warren Philharmonic, and Mobile Symphony
Orchestras.
He has conducted numerous All-State and Honors Orchestras and Bands in
Kentucky, West Virginia, and Alabama.

His guest artist collaborations have included those with Chee-Yun,
Béla Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Midori, The Harlem Quartet, The Canadian
Brass, Arlo Guthrie, Lynn Harrell, Bella Hristova, David Ludwig,
Joseph Schwantner, Valentina Lisitsa, Gregory Turay, Billy McLaughlin,
Kevin Thompson, Tessa Lark, Reginald Smith Jr., and Melissa White.

For the past 20 years, Dr. Seebacher has been the Assistant Conductor
for the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre’s summer production of
“It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” which won two regional Emmy awards
in 2017.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education (cum laude) from
Youngstown State University, a master’s degree in Orchestral
Conducting from Bowling Green State University, and a Doctor of
Musical Arts Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of
Kentucky.

Dr. Seebacher has participated in training workshops at The Cleveland
Institute of Music and The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the
University of Michigan. He conducted the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
as part of their inaugural conducting symposium. His teachers include
William B. Slocum, Stephen L. Gage, John Nardolillo, Emily Freeman
Brown, and Gustav Meier.