Drumset Artists Victor Rendon

Drummer/percussionist Victor Rendón is a sought after New York City musician who has released two CD's as co-leader of The Latin Jazz Orchestra and has worked with Mongo Santamaria, Chico O'Farrill, Carlos "Patato" Valdés, Ray Santos, Grupo Caribe, The Latin Jazz Coalition, The "New" Xavier Cugat Orchestra, Los Más Valientes, Grupo Latin Vibe, Rudy Calzado's Cubarama, Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz, and many others. He formed a new group called "Blue Mambo" which is featured in the LP Music group's Passion for Music: The Holiday CD, Vol. 5. The group has also recently released it's debut CD titled Blue Mambo in 2008. As an author/transcriber, Rendon's work has appeared in Modern Drummer, DRUM!, Percussive Notes, Drumfiles, DCI Music Video, RRR Education Newsletter (Reading-Writing-Rhythm) by LP, and Warner Bros. Publications. He is author of The Art of Playing Timbales published by Music in Motion Films / distributed by Alfred Publishing and is former publisher of his own semi-annual magazine called the Latin Percussionist. As an educator, Rendón currently conducts the Latin Jazz Ensemble at Lehman College. He holds a Bachelor of Music from The University of North Texas and has taught instrumental music and Latin percussion classes in the New York Public School system and at the Boy's Harbor Performing Arts Center. He has also conducted clinics/workshops for the Department of Education in New York City, PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention), Global Praise at Princeton University, and the Eddie Ming Drum School in Bermuda among other events.