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Articles about Carrillo's performances of Frank La Rocca's Mass of the Americas and Requiem for the Forgotten

Archdiocese of Miami

Many people post selfies from glamorous vacation spots. Richard Carrillo’s selfies were with yellowed, centuries-old sheet music.

Florida Catholic Media

When Carrillo e-mailed La Rocca about his plans to produce Mass of the Americas in Miami, La Rocca was delighted.

Image of the inside of Epiphany Catholic Church in Miami, FL: Review of the Miami premier of Mass of the Americas

Review of the Miami Premiere of Mass of The Americas

I wish you could have been there. It was breathtaking.... I watched the young conductor Richard Carrillo address his festival choir: More than 100 singers gathered from the nearby St. Thomas University, the University of Miami and parishes around the archdiocese.

Radio Maria United States

Guest Richard Carrillo... will be conducting two professional ensembles during the world premier of Requiem For The Forgotten, commissioned and celebrated for a world premier by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco.

OSV News

"Those are my roots! This is where it all started!" Carrillo said gleefully at St. John Neumann Church, where he directs the choir. [Carrillo is] doing more than posting pictures; he’s organizing a Mass that blends Aztec and European heritages.

A Miami parish will host the world premiere of a new sacred choral composition, Frank La Rocca’s “Requiem for the Forgotten,” during a Mass in memory of those who have died without a proper funeral... Richard Carrillo will conduct the professional choir of 20 singers and the chamber orchestra.

Catholic News Agency

National Catholic Register

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco will celebrate Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas... Oct. 7, 2025, in Tepeyac outside of Mexico City. The Mass of the Americas will be sung by a festival choir, featuring hundreds of singers from across the United States and led by Richard Carrillo of the University of Nebraska.

Catholic News Agency

The Mass of the Americas will be sung by a festival choir, featuring hundreds of singers from across the United States and led by Richard Carrillo of the University of Nebraska. Carrillo, 41, first conducted the Mass of the Americas as part of his doctoral dissertation for Miami’s prestigious Frost School of Music.

RICHARD CARRILLO

RICHARD CARRILLO