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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 is Director of the Vancouver Community College School of Music and earned a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of British Columbia in 2005. 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. In May 2005, Sal was awarded the Willan Prize, for outstanding contributions to choral music in British Columbia. Sal is the former 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) (See more info on Recordings).
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Bachelor of Music in Performance Master in Music Studies in Performance (not completed due to being hired as full time timpanist Victoria Symphony Orchestra, May 1980) Masters of Music in Ethnomusicology (not completed due to fast-track to PhD programme) PhD in Ethnomusicology
BC Entertainment Hall of Fame 2002 Awarded Most Innovative Project by Canadian Conductors Association for production of Choral Riffs 2002 University Graduate Fellowship 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Leo Awards nominee for “Best Soundtrack-Documentary” 1999 Pacific Music Industry Association Nominee for “Musician of the Year” 1997 Juno Award Nominee for Best Global Recording “Nine Fold Heart” 1995 (co-producer with Rick Kilburn) featuring pianist composer Lee Pui-Ming Juno Award Nominee for Best Global Recording “Invisible Minority” 1992 C.A.R.A.S. West Coast Music Award for “Classical Musician of the Year” 1987 Sound Recording Grant The Canada Council 1987, 1999 Arts Awards B Grant Canada Council 1986
Canada Tour of Jazz and World Music Festivals 2002 Scored soundtrack for Daniel Conrad Dance Film 2001 Taiwan International New Music Festival Solo Recital and Workshops 2001 International Drum Festival Expo 2000 Hanover, Germany 2000 Festival d’Ete Internationale Quebec City 1999 International Drum Festival Expo 1998 Lisbon, Portugal Taiwan International Festival Taipei 1996 Viveza British Columbia Interior and Toronto 1995
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