ELIODORO VALLECILLO

FRENCH HORN, MUSIC THEORY

Eliodoro Vallecillo is a classically trained French hornist, Regional-Mexican Accordionist, Vocalist, and Composer. He was raised in Salinas, California and currently still resides there. During his teenage years, he was featured as a soloist on NPR’s “From the Top” twice and was the recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke award. His first performance was broadcasted from Pepperdine University in Malibu on NPR radio and his second was televised on PBS from Carnegie Hall in New York. He was invited as a soloist with the Monterey County Pops and was also part of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. He attended reputable summer programs such as the Northwestern Bienen School of Music and Idyllwild Arts. He received a full scholarship to attend the Bob Cole Conservatory of music at Cal State Long Beach, but left after a year to fulfill his 3-album record deal with Universal/Fonovisa as an Accordionist, Vocalist, and Composer.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Horn Performance from San Jose State University and continues his performance career as a freelance horn player, as well as in the Regional-Mexican genre as an Accordionist, Vocalist, and Composer with the band 4to Prestigio. In the Regional-Mexican world of music, he had two of his compositions, which he recorded with his band, make it on the top 20 list of the Latin Billboard charts nation-wide. Eliodoro was nominated at the BMI Latin Music Awards in Los Angeles, California due to the success of those compositions. He was also a recipient of a Premio Lo Nuestro from Univision’s award ceremony “Premios Lo Nuestro '' as Revelacion del Año.

As an Accordionist, Vocalist and Composer, he was invited to perform at the Festival del Sol and the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. He was featured on tv shows on Univision such as Sabado Gigante, Despierta America, and El Gordo y la Flaca and has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in Regional-Mexican music. Some of these artists are Los Tigres del Norte, Ramon Ayala y Los Bravos del Norte, Grupo Duelo, Calibre 50, Voz de Mando, Banda La Arrolladora, Banda MS, and Banda El Recodo. He has also collaborated with international artists in the Hip-Hop genre such as Lil Rob. Currently he is Brass Specialist & Director of Mariachi Banda at YOSAL, a non-profit music program in the heart of East Salinas. As a Teaching Artist enjoys giving back to his community through music.