PAS Percussion Ensemble Competition & Festival
at Utah Valley University

Ivan Trevino

Ivan Trevino is a Mexican-American composer, percussionist, teacher, and arts advocate. Recognized around the world for his contributions to percussion literature, Ivan’s music has been performed across five continents in 25 countries. His music distinctly threads indie-pop sounds with a contemporary classical aesthetic, and his body of work spans storytelling, singing marimba players, cello rockers, and an ever-present social consciousness. His newly commissioned works include music for The Juilliard School, The San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and Grammy-winning quartet, Third Coast Percussion. He is a multi-recipient of the Percussive Arts Society’s International Composition Contest, and in 2020, was the featured composer on NPR’s Performance Today.

An active educator, Ivan currently serves on faculty at University of Texas at Austin where he joyfully teachers a studio of undergraduate and graduate percussionists and music creators. He previously served as co-director of the Eastman Percussion Festival at his alma mater, Eastman School of Music, and is currently an artist and clinician for Marimba One, Innovative Percussion, Black Swamp Percussion, Pearl’s Malletstation, Meinl, and Zildjian Cymbals. In 2021, Innovative Percussion and Ivan collaborated to design his own line of signature series marimba mallets, which are used by percussionists around the world.

Ivan is also known for his work as a drummer with Break of Reality, an international touring cello rock quartet. As a member of the ensemble, Ivan was selected as a music ambassador by the U.S. State Department. Break of Reality has released five studio albums, is on regular rotation on National Public Radio, and has over 100 million streams on Spotify and Pandora Radio. 

A Texas native, Ivan resides in Austin with his wife Amanda and their children, Henry and Oscar.