Multi-faceted percussionist Peter James Saleh is a founding member of New Jersey's own Exit 9 Percussion Group, with whom he has performed over 200 times. His notable featured performances include Princeton’s McCarter Theater, The Juilliard School, New York's Town Hall, the Jeju International Brass Festival in Jeju, South Korea, Seoul University, NJPAC, Zimmerli and Montclair Art Museums, Dallas' Bass Hall, Laguardia High School of the Performing Arts, Raritan Valley Community College, Drew University, and Rutgers University. He has also recorded under conductor Eugene Corporon with the North Texas Wind Symphony on the GIA and Klavier labels.

Peter has also performed on marimba and percussion steadily for years as a modern dance musician, including work at Rutgers University, Manhattan’s City Center and Sandra Cameron Dance Center, as well as ACDFA. He was also the resident composer/accompanist for the Terpsichore III: Making Waves dance festival in South Carolina in 2006 with NY choreographer Christian Von Howard. His compositions and arrangements for percussion are frequently performed throughout the country and his Trio for Flute, Cello, and Marimba will be played by the Rutgers contemporary ensemble HELIX! in October 2007.

As an educator and conductor, Peter founded the Central Jersey Youth Percussion Ensemble and has also guest lectured at the Juilliard pre-college and Rutgers University and held a teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas. Peter’s scores for percussion are published through Drop6 Media, Row-Loff Productions, Innovative Percussion, HoneyRock Publications, and Keyboard Percussion Publications. His pedagogic text, "A Percussionist's Handbook" is currently part of the curriculum at Ithaca College.

Saleh holds a Bachelors of Music from Rutgers University and a Masters degree in percussion performance with a minor in composition from the University of North Texas. Visit PeterSaleh.com for more info.