Professor, Trumpet; Brass/Percussion Area Coordinator
carrilcj@jmu.edu
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Dr. Chris Carrillo joined the faculty of the School of Music at James Madison University in 2009 as the studio trumpet professor and principal trumpet of the Madison Brass. He is an active performer in classical, commercial, and early music mediums and is a member of The New Orchestra of Washington, D.C., Philaharmonie Austin, and Spire Chamber Ensemble in Kansas City, MO. He is a former member of the Victoria and Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestras, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and the Austin Lyric Opera. Additionally, he has performed as a guest or extra/substitute with the symphony orchestras of Austin, Ash Lawn Opera, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Jackson, Jacksonville, Laredo, Memphis, Opera Memphis, Roanoke, and Opera Roanoke. As a chamber musician, he has performed as a guest with the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band Brass Quintet, and on baroque trumpet he has performed with Atlanta Baroque, Chatham Baroque-The Pittsburg Baroque Orchestra; Tempesta di Mare-The Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, the Victoria Bach Festival, and the Staunton Music Festival.
In the commercial medium, Dr. Carrillo has performed as a local musician with several national Broadway touring productions including A Chorus Line, Chicago, Carousel, Gypsy, and Sweet Charity. He has performed with Chuck Mangione, Roger Williams, Marvin Hamlisch, Glen Campbell, The Fifth Dimension, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and John Pizzarelli to name a few, and he toured extensively throughout Texas with the Harry James Orchestra. He is an alumnus of the Disney All-American College Orchestra at Epcot where he performed hundreds of shows while in Orlando.
As an educator, Dr. Carrillo has presented master classes at numerous universities including the University of Alabama, the University of Utah, Michigan State University, Louisiana State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Denver, the University of Virginia, and The University of Texas at Austin. He has presented clinics and workshops at conferences for the International Trumpet Guild, the International Society for Assessment in Music Education, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, the Society for Music Teacher Education, and the Texas Music Educators Association. Prior to his position at JMU, Dr. Carrillo served on the faculty of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and The University of Texas at San Antonio.
He earned doctoral and master’s degrees from The University of Texas at Austin, a bachelor of music education from the University of Memphis, and he did additional studies in performance as an exchange student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, UK. His primary teachers include Ray Sasaki of the Saint Louis Brass Quintet, and Ray Crisara formerly of the Metropolitan Opera and the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini. Additional teachers include Tom Booth of the Dallas Symphony, John DeWitt of the Houston Symphony, John Gracie of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Vincent Penzarella of the New York Philharmonic.
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