Dr. Richard Carrillo is an Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. An accomplished conductor, singer, educator, and researcher, Carrillo, was a former member of the GRAMMY® award winning Houston Chamber Choir and a recipient of the Tinker Field Research Grant, funding research in Mexico. He taught for nearly ten years at Plymouth, Minnesota’s Providence Academy which included 2016 MMEA and 2018 Midwest ACDA Regional Convention performances. His degrees include the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music (DMA), Missouri State University (MM), and the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music (BM).