Sal

Percussionist first and foremost but also a dedicated music educator
and producer, Salvador Ferreras has collaborated in almost every musical
genre on the Canadian music scene. Over the last few years his touring
engagements have taken him to the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal,
Taiwan and the United States.

He is Artistic Director of the Listen Up Festival at the Vancouver East
Cultural Centre and of the very successful Literary Cabaret at the
Vancouver International Writer's Festival. On the academic front, he
coordinates World Music studies at Vancouver Community College and is a
PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology at the University of British Columbia.
He was appointed to the British Columbia Arts Council in 2002 and is a
regular advisor on cultural policy with various organizations in Canada.
In November 2003 he was inducted into the British Columbia Entertainment
Hall of Fame.

Sal is the Principal Percussionist of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and
tours with his Persian based trio Safa, and the Latin American chamber
group The Southern Cross Quintet. His solo and collaborative work is
heard regularly on national radio as performer, host and commentator on
contemporary classical, traditional, and Latin American music. He has
performed on a variety of highly acclaimed recordings ranging from rock
to classical music with such artists at the CBC Radio Orchestra, Viveza,
Chicago, K.D. Lang, Robbie Robertson and Raffi. He has released three
solo recordings: To Drive in L.A. (1986), Invisible Minority (1994),
Woodcuts (2001) and a well received trio recording with Safa (2002).