Jonathan Seiberlich

Over the past 12 years, Jonathan Seiberlich has become a prominent member of the San Francisco Bay Area’s vibrant music scene. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the Nomad Session Wind Octet, Jazz Mafia collective, Grateful Brass, Honor Brass Band, Circus Bella and Kyle Athayde Dance Party. Seiberlich has also played alongside internationally renowned acts such as Sigur Ros, Veronica Swift, Peter Apfelbaum, Josh Jones and The California Honeydrops.

In addition to his work as a tuba player, Seiberlich is an accomplished producer, composer, arranger and songwriter. Since 2015 he has been producing music albums under the name Jensen Engineering. These albums include a variety of original songs and collaborations with other renowned Bay Area instrumentalists, singers and rappers. More recently, he has formed the Seiberlich Quintet, which performs original instrumental music featuring a blend of New Orleans “brass band” instrumentation, classical composition and improvisation.

Seiberlich was born and raised in Concord, California. He began his musical studies at Los Medanos College, then went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in tuba performance from the Oberlin Conservatory and a master’s degree in tuba performance from the University of Southern California. Over the course of his career, Seiberlich has studied with Peter Wahrhaftig, Ron Bishop, Jim Self, Norm Pearson, Doug Tornquist, Roger Bobo and Zachariah Spellman.