Ricardo Monzon is a professor at Berklee's Percussion, Ensemble and Music Therapy departments. He is an accomplished drummer, percussionist, and studio musician who has toured and performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra, recording two albums, the Latin Album and the  “Chris Botti in Boston” concert/video/CD with Sting, John Mayer, Josh Groban, and Yo Yo Ma, 2010 nominated for Best Pop Instrumental album and Best Long Form Music Video. He has played for six years with Stan Strickland’s Express Yourself “EXYO” program for inner city kids, presented at the Wang Center. He closed Boston’s Puerto Rican Festival for five consecutive years with artists like Luisito Rosario, Paquito Acosta and Frankie Ruiz Jr. He has performed with Al Jarreau, Harry Belafonte, Oscar Castro Neves, Matthew Nichols, Abe Laboriel, George Duke, Aretha Franklin, Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis, Tata Vega, Donna Summer, The New York Voices, Stanley Clark, Lenny White, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Dan Moretti, the Epic Brass Quintet, Deborah Henson-Conant, Myanna, Bernard Purdie, Jethro Da Silva, the Greg Hopkins Big Band, and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Guatemala. He has shared the stage with Zoro, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Terri Lynne Carrington, Dave Samuels, and Lincoln Goines.