Richard Carrillo
Richard Carrillo is currently a third year DMA student in Choral Conducting at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where he served as instructor of record for the Frost Bella Voce and undergraduate musicianship classes.
During this time, he also served as the Associate Conducting Fellow with GRAMMY® nominated professional choir, Seraphic Fire and the Assistant Conductor Fellowship with the Miami Children’s Chorus.
In the summer of 2023, Carrillo received the Tinker Field Research Grant, traveling to Mexico City to conduct research for his doctoral dissertation entitled, “A Conductor’s Guide to Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas.”
Prior to his graduate studies, Carrillo directed choirs at Minneapolis’s Providence Academy, with invitations for his Chamber Choir to perform for the 2016 MMEA State Conference and the 2018 Midwestern ACDA Convention. Before his time in Minnesota, Carrillo taught in Houston, TX,
Carrillo also sang professionally with the GRAMMY® Houston Chamber Choir for multiple seasons
Carrillo is also an avid church musician, singing professionally at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, TX, the National Shrine and Cathedral of the Apostle Paul in St. Paul, MN, the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis, MN, Church of the Epiphany in Miami, FL, and is currently the director of choirs at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, in Miami. He also holds degrees from Missouri State University (MM) and the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston (BM).
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