About

Fred Trumpy is a drummer, percussionist, chamber musician, and devoted teacher. He is currently a member of the Jackson Heights Orchestra, rock bands Living Room, Hopefully Forgiven and These People. Fred is currently the director of Gamelan Yowana Sari at The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College.

Fred has performed with Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Iktus Percussion, Time Table Percussion, Gamelan Salukat, Ursula Oppens, Face the Music, One World Symphony, Brooklyn Symphony, Merrick Symphony, and performed on the award winning film score Body/Antibody. In 2010, Fred was selected to work with composer Bright Sheng during his Queens College Residency. He is also fortunate enough to have perform at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, Le Poisson Rouge, Galapagos Art Space, The Stone, Flea Theater, Glasslands, Colden Auditorium, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, The Paramount Theater, Thalia Café, Powerhouse Arena, Death by Audio, New York Electronic Music Festival, CUNY New Music Festival, Weapons of Mass Creation Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, The Fest in Gainesville, Florida and has also toured Europe including England, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany, Austria, and Greece with his band Marine Electric. Fred can be heard on the German label Yo-Yo Records and American labels including Fear Icon Records, Jetsam Flotsam Records, Better Days Will Haunt You Tapes, UnBuckled Records, and Listen Up!

Fred has instructed through many different organizations including Midori and Friends, United Nations International School, Cambria Center for the Gifted Child, and The Kupferberg Center for the Arts’ outreach program Cultural After School Adventures Program.

Fred graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Music in Percussion Performance from The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He is currently the director of the Balinese Gamelan Yowana Sari at ACSM. Fred has performed Balinese music for 10 years with Gamelan Yowana Sari, Gamelan Dharma Swara, and Salukat from Pengosekan, Bali. Fred has studied with world renown Gamelan composer I Dewa Ketut Alit and Ida Bagus Made Widnyana in Bali, Indonesia