Mario Carrillo

Bassist/Music Educator/Music Explorer

Education
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA: Bachelor of Music May ’2011
Major: Dual in Music Education/Performance
Instrument: Bass (Upright/Electric)
Dean’s List Student since 1st Semester at Berklee

Escuela de Música Creativa, Madrid, Spain May ‘2006

Major: Professional Middle Degree of Music

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain February ’2004

Diploma in Environmental Sciences

Career Objectives
• To master the Acoustic Bass. Technically and stylistically in many styles focusing in Jazz
Fusion, Funk and Groove based music, Classical and South American/African Beat.
• To achieve a high skill level on Electric Bass as a support and help for my performances.
• To become a competent Music Educator with a complete understanding of the teaching
process, techniques and methods, so I can teach to any age group.
• To become and active performer as a leader, side musician and studio player in any kind of
style or setting.

Musical Experience

Berklee College of Music Student May ‘2007 – May ‘2011

Dual Major: Music Education and Performance
Principal Instrument: Acoustic Bass
Doubling Instrument: Electric Bass

PERFORMANCES:

• Aditya Balani Group, venues including “The Milky Way”, Café 939 and Berklee
Caf May’09 to present
• “Into the Woods”. Directed and conducted by Berklee Faculty Wayne Ward,
Turtle Lane Playhouse, Newton, MA. November ‘
08

• Jazz Revelation Records CD “Common Ground” Recording and CD Release

Concert, Berklee Performance Center, Boston. April
‘08

Address: 168 Massachusetts Av. MB# 1621, Boston 02115, MA

Phone: +16177854457; Email:mcarrillocaro@berklee.net
http://www.myspace.com/mariocarrillomusic
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Bassist/Music Educator/Music Explorer

• Cafe 939 Show with Jelena Bracika Band, 939 Boyslton Street.
May ‘08

• Professional Writing Center Awards Concert, Berklee Performance Center.

April ‘08

• Senior Recitals at Berklee: Sandro Morales, Mina Cho, Robert Mulyarahardja,

Juan Carlos García Bazán, Mario Rodríguez, Santiago Hernández, Jelena Bracika, etc
May ’07 to present

• Recording Sessions at Berklee: more than 60 Student Projects, Film Scoring and
MP&E Projects. May ’07 to
present

• Gigs with different musical formation and styles such as Jazz, Latin Jazz, Blues,
Flamenco, Funk around the Boston area. May ’07 to present

MIT Symphonic Orchestra Spring and Fall ‘08

• Performances at Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Boston.
• http://web.mit.edu/mitso/

Youth Orchestra of Madrid 2002 to

2007
• Performances at the most important classical music venues in Spain as the
Auditorio Nacional de Madrid or the Auditorio de Zaragoza and also performances in
Italy, France and Ukraine.
• http://www.madrid.org/clas_artes/musica/jovenorcam/index.html

Symphonic Orchestra of Chamartin 2005 to 2007

• Performances at Auditorio Nacional de Madrid and also in Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Austria.
• http://www.oschamartin.org

Aditya Balani Group 2008 to

present
• Aditya Balani Group brings together talented musicians from across the
globe, Mario Carrillo from Spain (bass), Dimitrije Vasiljevic from Serbia (piano),
Pablo Eluchands (drums and percussion) from Chile Annette Philip (vocals), and
Aditya Balani (guitar) from India.

Aiming for true artistic expression and drawing from their ethnic roots each musician
adds a unique colour to their sound which is an exciting blend of the spontaneity and
harmonic interplay of Jazz with the sheer intensity of Indian Classical melodies and
rhythms.
• Performances at main Berklee’s Performance venues and around the Boston

Address: 168 Massachusetts Av. MB# 1621, Boston 02115, MA

Phone: +16177854457; Email:mcarrillocaro@berklee.net
http://www.myspace.com/mariocarrillomusic
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Bassist/Music Educator/Music Explorer

area
• http://www.myspace.com/adityabalanigroup

Jazzlibitum 2005 to 2007

• Founding member and main composer/arranger/manager of the band
Jazzlibitum, an electric funk jazz fussion band that mixes grooved based sound with
electric sounds and that today is still active.
• Performances at the main venues of the Madrid jazz scene.
• http://www.myspace.com/jazzlibitum

Mina Cho Quartet – Mami Quartet Summer ’08 to present

• Bass Player and arranger/composer for the band led by Berklee Student,
pianist Mina Cho. This group of young talented musicians present modern jazz
harmonies blended with South American grooves heavily influenced by Berklee
Faculty Leo Blanco with whose guidance they are working.
• http://www.myspace.com/mamitrio

Jams Sessions “Escuela de Música Creativa” Sept ’06 to May

‘07
• Main Bass player for the weekly Jams Session celebrated at “Sala BarCo” in
Madrid organized by the Escuela de Música Creativa. Various styles, focusing in Jazz,
Latin, Bossa and Fussion.
• http://www.musicacreativa.com

Achievements

Berklee World Scholarship Tour Summer ‘06

• Full Tuition Scholarship awarded during the 5 Week program.

Jazz Revelation Records Spring ‘08

• Recording for the JJR CD “Common Ground”, Uprright Bass in Alejandro
Carrasco’s “JPG”.
• http://jrrecords.com/

Dean’s List May ’07 to present

• Earned a place at the Dean’s List for Excellent Academic Performance since my
first Semester at Berklee.

Address: 168 Massachusetts Av. MB# 1621, Boston 02115, MA

Phone: +16177854457; Email:mcarrillocaro@berklee.net
http://www.myspace.com/mariocarrillomusic