Music Educator

Education

Ricardo holds a Type-10 Special K-12 Standard Teaching Certificate and a Type-75 General Administrative Certificate for the State of Illinois. Ricardo has earned Bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Bassoon Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in addition to a Master's degree in School Administration from Concordia University Chicago.

Teaching elementary and middle school band and lessons, Mr. V is passionate about band, and is constantly looking for new approaches to instruction and technology to redefine the school band program experience.

Adjudication

Ricardo is available as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the Chicagoland area. He has been involved at both the middle school and high school level for ILMEA auditions, as well as Solo and Ensemble for ILMEA, IGSMA, and a variety of in-house events.