About

Trevor Salloum is a percussionist, author and teacher who has conducted workshops and performed internationally for over 25 years. Salloum studied music at Notre Dame University, York University, Escuela Nacional de Arte (Cuba) and the Banff Centre. He has studied with some of the great drum masters, including Jim Blackley (Jazz), Armando Peraza, Alex Acuña, Changuito, Enrique Pla, Roberto Vizcaiño, Cutumba, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (Afro-Cuban), Mohammed Sadek and Michel Merhej Baklouk (Middle Eastern). His studies of percussion have taken him throughout North America, Brazil, Cuba and the Middle East.

Trevor resides in Kelowna and Vancouver, BC and leads several ensembles; most notably Major Mambo (Latin), The Trevor Salloum Group (Jazz) and Altarab (Middle Eastern).

He is a best selling author with Mel Bay Publications, including Fun with Bongos, The Bongo Book, Bongo Drumming: Beyond the Basics, Afro-Latin Polyrhythms, Afro-Cuban Rhythms Vol. 1 & 2, The Art of Bongo Drumming DVD, The Art of Arabic Drumming DVD, Afro-Cuban Percussion Play-Along and School of Bongo.