Ivan Trevino is a Mexican-American composer, percussionist, teacher and arts advocate. Recognized around the world for his contributions to percussion literature, Trevino’s music has been performed across five continents in twenty-five 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 San Diego Symphony Orchestra, The Juilliard School and Grammy-winning quartet, Third Coast Percussion. He is a multi-award recipient of the Percussive Arts Society’s International Composition Contest and has been the featured composer and performer on NPR’s Performance Today.

An active educator, Trevino serves on the faculty of the Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin, where he joyfully teaches a studio of undergraduate and graduate percussionists and music creators. Trevino received the 2024/25 Teaching Excellence Award from Butler School of Music for his contributions to student learning and teaching innovation. In 2025, he was appointed Fellow to the Florence Thelma Hall Centennial Chair in Music, an honor recognizing creative excellence in the field of contemporary classical music.

Previously, Trevino served on faculty at Baylor University and as co-director of the Eastman Percussion Festival at his alma mater, Eastman School of Music. He 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 Trevino collaborated to design his own line of signature series marimba and vibraphone mallets, which are used by percussionists around the world.

Trevino 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, Trevino 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, Trevino resides in Austin with his wife Amanda and their children, Henry and Oscar.