Class: 2021
Tommy Lee Ramos
is a 24-year-old Puerto Rican percussionist, vibraphonist and keyboardist, born on December 11, 1998 in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied at the Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan with Professor Raúl “Tatoo” Rodríguez and obtained a bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance and Caribbean Music at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Professor Andrew Lázaro. At the Free School of Music of San Juan he obtained the Percussion Medal as the most outstanding instrumentalist, the Medal of Musical Excellence, the Medal of Harmony and the Medal of Popular Music. He has played alongside artists such as Danny Rivera, Chucho Avellanet, Cuco Peña, the Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra, Glenn Monroig, Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz, Sophy Hernández, Raphael from Spain, Herminio de Jesús, Caribbean Tenors, Juan Vélez, Alberto Carrión , Luisito Carrión, among others. He has worked as an educator in environments such as Música 100×35, Escuela Alternativa Aspira de Carolina together with the Música y País Foundation, Iglesia Bautista de San Antón together with the Fundación Resplandor Inc., Talleres “Tukupá” together with Professor Fidel Morales, substitute teacher at the Puerto Rican School for Music, among other educational environments. He is currently a teacher at the Crescendo Music Academy where he has been teaching percussion, piano and drums for four years. He is currently a master's student in Music Education and Teaching Certification at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, and simultaneously a master's student in Jazz and Modern Music Performance and Composition at the International University of La Rioja in Spain.
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