Graduate in Music (Flute). Graduate in History and Science of Music. Master’s Degree in Historical Musicology. Doctor in Specific Didactics. Doctor in Humanities. Professor of Music and Performing Arts (specialising in Music History).

Welcome to my virtual academy. At Dos Acordes we believe that the guarantee of a good preparation for competitive teaching exams lies in the trainer himself, who is ultimately responsible for the progress of the course. For this reason, and in contrast to other similar centres which pay more attention to the advertising brand than to the teaching team, I am going to present these lines of introduction.

My experience as a music teacher trainer goes back to the first competitive music exams for teachers, in 1991; a school friend told me that a music academy was looking for a music trainer and I went there, unaware of where that adventure would take me. At that time I limited my field of action to the city where I lived, Vigo, to later work in Santiago, Ourense, Coruña and, finally, León. Nowadays I train most of my students in on-line classes with videoconference support.

I extended my field of action to secondary music in 1999 and seven years later I incorporated the preparation of all conservatory specialities. At present, I continue to prepare people for these three teaching bodies; although I have been called on several occasions to teach infant and primary school teachers, I have not made up my mind… at least, for the moment!

In addition to direct classes, I also live the world of competitive examinations as an author of syllabuses. For teachers I have published the themes (CEP), didactic units (MAD) and, the most successful, practical volume of music education (MAD). For the secondary school teachers‘ corps, the programming and didactic units (MAD) and the old common syllabus (MAD); finally, for the music and performing arts teachers’ corps, I wrote the book on how to carry out the programming and didactic units (Dos Acordes). These texts have undergone several updates over the years, so that I am always up to date with the latest news in competitive examinations – such a long career in this field goes a long way!

As is to be expected (and I think required) in a trainer of candidates for the public teaching service, I have also passed this type of process on two occasions, within the same call for applications. Thus, I am a teacher of Music in Secondary Education (on leave of absence) and of Music and Performing Arts, specialising in the History of Music. Currently, I am a Professor of Music and Performing Arts, specialising in Music History, based at the Vigo Conservatory of Music.

I have experience as a teacher of Primary School (EGB, rather), Infants (in my time, pre-school), Compulsory Secondary and Baccalaureate, Conservatory (Elementary, Professional and Higher) and University Teacher Training College. Currently, I teach at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo and I collaborate with the Doctorate Programmes of the UPValencia, as well as with the Master of the VIU.

As far as my knowledge is concerned, I have a degree in Music (flute), a degree in History and Science of Music, a Master’s degree in Historical Musicology, a PhD in Specific Didactics and a PhD in Humanities.

Many of my trainer friends ask me why I chose online preparation in addition to face-to-face preparation. I believe that both options are perfectly compatible thanks to videoconferencing. In terms of convenience and price, more and more people are switching from face-to-face to online.

I wouldn’t be able to remember when we started to have virtual support… in any case, it’s been a long time. It all started with a collection of web pages programmed in asp that configured a small virtual environment, more or less ‘home-made’ (at the time, quite an achievement!). Then we incorporated a blog, later we discovered the advantages of web 2.0 and we started experimenting timidly with Moodle and authoring tools such as Exelearning… But I have always been concerned about new technologies and their application in this educational field. In the 2014-2015 academic year we experimented with videoconferencing using the BlueBigButton tool and we liked it so much that we incorporated it into our classes.

We continue researching so that the year you spend with me and the whole Dos Acordes team is as useful as possible. Besides, in these times of changes in the system of competitive examinations, it is advisable to put yourself in the hands of experienced professionals. Are you going to miss it?