Rhumer Mora
Rhumer Mora was born in Maracay (Aragua State, Venezuela). He studied music at the Federico Villena Conservatory and later he continued his studies at the Valencia Music Technology Institute where he got his master’s degree in Folkloric Percussion. His superb execution of Afro-Caribbean musical instruments earned him the opportunity to play with the legendary world-renowned group Dimension Latina. After that, he spent seven years in Spain, pursuing his musical career performing with multiple bands in tours around Europe. After Spain, he moved to Houston, TX in 2011 where he’s a member of the AFM for 8 years and is currently a student at Texas State University (TSU), pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Performance and is one of the members of the TSU Jazz ensemble.
Rhumer has used his wide variety of percussion skills with a large number of groups across many genres of music including rock, pop, jazz, latin, salsa and even Venezuelan Folk! He has performed with a wide array of artists that visit Texas such as Cano Estremera, Roberto Blades, Willie Gonzalez, Pedro Arroyo, Luisito Carrion, Hector Tricoche, Osvaldo Roman, Tito Allen, Larry Harlow, Frankie Vazquez, Jimmy Bosch, Manolo Mairena, Tito Nieves, La India, Jose “El Canario” Alberto, Grupo Mania and he has accompanied The Rescue Latin Chamber Orchestra and even Gilberto Santa Rosa on his two latest tours across Europe and performed with Jerry Rivera during his Texas dates.
Recently, Rhumer had also the opportunity to be part of In the Heights musical across several cities in Texas, as well as the Monterey Jazz Festival two years in a row with the Big Band Texas Southern University. Besides, he has been in numerous tours around Europe and Latin America with Tromboranga, in their 2024 tour and Los Adolescentes Orchestra, as well as recordings for international artists like the recent Marlon Simon’s grammy-nominee record On Different Paths. Rhumer also likes collaborating and endorsing top brands in the music industry, like Montanoj Sticks and Dominion Cymbals, where he had the opportunity to test their products and perform with them live.
In between his high profile gigs he remains active by participating as a percussionist and panelist in a comedy project and podcast ‘’En la Jungla’’, while he still has time to perform yearly with the Houston Latin American Philharmonic and with two renowned Texas bands; The Nagual Spirit and the Yturvides Vilchez Jazz Project, and he still finds time to further hone his craft with his classes. Rhumer is one of the most requested percussionists in Texas. It’s no wonder why Rhumer is so well respected and in such high demand!