Dr. Chris Carrillo joined the faculty of the School of Music at James Madison University in 2009 as the studio trumpet professor. He is an active performer in classical, commercial, and early music mediums and is a member of Philaharmonie Austin, Spire Chamber Ensemble in Kansas City, MO, Charlottesville Opera Orchestra, and principal trumpet of the Victoria Bach Festival in Texas. He is a former member of the Victoria and Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestras, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and the Austin Lyric Opera. Additionally, Dr. Carrillo has performed as a guest or extra/substitute with the symphony orchestras of Austin, Abilene, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Jackson, Jacksonville, Laredo, Memphis, Roanoke, Williamsburg, Opera Memphis, 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 in Pittsburgh, Tempesta di Mare in Philadelphia, Tallahassee Baroque, Three Notch’d Road, the Victoria Bach Festival, and the Staunton Music Festival. 

In the commercial field, 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, Florida.

As an educator, Dr. Carrillo has presented master classes at numerous universities including Arizona State University, the University of Alabama, the University of Utah, Michigan State University, Louisiana State 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. 

For more information please visit www.chriscarrillotrumpet.com