About Richard Valadez
Richard Valdez teaches guitar, bass, ukulele and banjo. He has more than a decade of experience teaching and performing. Ritch studied jazz and classical performance at the Chicago Academy for the Arts and also at the Chicago College for the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
Ritch builds lessons around his student’s musical preferences; believing that the motivation to practice comes from playing what you love. Ritch includes theory for fretted instruments, and ear training in his lessons. Ritch has extensive experience performing, both solo and in groups. He focuses on jazz and improv music but also plays classical, rock, blues, bluegrass, contemporary worship music, Makossa and Raqs Baladi (Egyptian belly dance).
Ritch has worked with the nationally touring theater group Baby Wants Candy, Dub Reggae outfit the Drastics, soul/R&B chanteuse Kat Victoria and funk singer Lyle Miller.
