Peter was the drummer for the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof and percussion sub for productions like Beetlejuice, Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Some Like It Hot and many more!
He is a founding member of the Exit 9 Percussion Group and in the duo Exit 9/Detour and subs regularly on drums several broadway productions including Beetlejuice, Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Some Like It Hot.
Saleh has placed his private students into some of the best music programs in the country and has guest-lectured and performed at many colleges and universities. He teaches as an adjunct instructor at the College of St. Elizabeth (Morristown, NJ), lectures on music to at SUNY Purchase's renowned Conservatory of Dance, fellowed at the University of North Texas, has served as a teaching artist for the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Young Audiences, founded and directs the Rutgers Youth Percussion Ensemble and coaches percussion with the Princeton-based Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey.
In the world of modern dance, he has collaborated with and scored work for choreographers Christian Von Howard, Raegan Wood, Paulette Sears, Julia Ritter, and Ronnie Carney and has performed and presented original work at ACDFA, the Aliey Citigroup Theater, the Joffrey School, NJPAC, and at the Rutgers faculty series DancePlus. He is resident composer with the New York City–based Von Howard project; a faculty member in the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, where he teaches a course in music for dance; and a modern dance accompanist at the Juilliard School.
Saleh is a member of BMI and AFM and has authored the pedagogic text, A Percussionist's Handbook (Bachovich) which has received industry-wide praise. He studied composition and arranging with Joseph Klein, John Mallia and Paul Rennick, and is a regional educational artist for Pearl/Adams Instruments.
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