Across an American Sky by Joseph Carrillo (excerpt)
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Joseph Carrillo (b 1976) grew up in the small town of Elko, Nevada. His fascination with music began in elementary school with a request for piano lessons, which led to eight years of private study with Maestro George Rosenberg. To encourage Joseph’s development, the Maestro featured him twice with the Ruby Mountain Symphony, at the age of 15 as a piano soloist, and at 17 as a composer. While participating in high school theatre, Joseph first became aware of the power of music over dramatic situations, and began to compose incidental music for the stage productions. In addition to his piano study, he played the trumpet and French horn, later switching to oboe.
Joseph pursued a degree in oboe performance under the instruction of Jeanne Belfy, at Boise State University in Idaho. He was featured as principal oboe and English horn soloist with the Symphonic Winds (Marcellus Brown, conductor) and the University Orchestra (Craig Purdy, conductor). He also served as a guest performer in regional orchestras, and was named the winner of the 2000 Concerto-Aria competition.
During his time in Boise, Joseph composed original scores for several theatrical productions, collaborating with director Sheri Novak on The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and Narnia. He has also worked with student directors at Boise State, and regionally at Nevada’s Great Basin College, writing scores for Twelfth Night, and The Princess Bride.
After graduating Joseph moved to Los Angeles where he has pursued film scoring. He recently finished work on his first feature length film score, The Hanged Man for director Neil Weiss, which was recently released on DVD. He has also composed scores for Coach for director Chris Hampel, and Dead Line for director Carolyn Townsend. Dead Line was a particularly notable experience for {Joseph}, being his first film score recorded with a professional LA orchestra. He has also had the opportunity to contribute not only as composer, but also as supervising sound editor for Adam Hodge of Up In a Tree Productions, and Jenn Page of Luminave Films, providing the entire sound tracks for the sci-fi thriller The Darkling, and the drama The Beginning of the End, respectively.
Joseph is eternally grateful for the opportunity to bring his music to life through the Orchestra Unleashed.
