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"One of the most remarkable double (music) threats -- Christopher Coletti is a brilliant trumpet player and imaginative arranger. When I'm not marveling at his chops and ease of playing, I'm blown away by his arrangements. They're not just brass-centric -- they're musically-centric. Make that a triple threat: he's a wonderful human with a heart and soul of gold."David SrebnikSirius XM
"That lesson has changed my life. I am VERY pleased to inform you that ... I have won the Assistant Principal Trumpet audition with the Regina Symphony Orchestra; and a big piece of that credit is owed to you. The work you did with me in one short hour has had a dramatic impact on my performances, and of course in my life. Thank you Chris, for giving me a REAL gift, one that money cannot buy."Matt Field; trumpet, Regina Symphony OrchestraRegina Symphony Orchestra
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"Thanks to you, the master classes were more successful than I could have hoped for. Students were inspired by you and definitely came away enriched by the master class experience."Tom TMurrow Band Festival
You have a great command when working with a large number of students by involving everyone and making it memorable for all. You are a tremendous motivator.Cindy CMurrow High School
"I just heard the Canadian Brass last night... and I can honestly say that Chris is an absolute monster on the trumpet. I have been practicing all day. Wow."Don SatherYouTube
"Thanks for providing the pizazz at Building Better Bands 2012. It was great!"Drew Parker; Owner, Separk MusicBuilding Better Bands Clinic

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November 5, 2013Study with Chris Coletti in NYC at Brooklyn ConservatoryCalling all Trumpeters! I am looking for a few hard-working trumpet players to study with me in NYC at Brooklyn College's prestigious Conservatory of Music. Use the Contact page for audition requirements and all other inquiries. Happy trumpeting!click here for more info
October 16, 2013Coletti's Article Published by International Trumpet Guild YouthI wrote this article to help aspiring professionals make their dreams come true. I call it "Dream Career - Principles and Tactics that Lead to Success in Music--and Everything Else" I hope you find it useful! http://itgyouth.trumpetguild.org/masterclass/153-dream-career Many thanks to The International Trumpet Guild Youth for asking me to write this.click here for more info
September 18, 2013Greenville Students Inspired, Motivated After Canadian Brass ClinicWe (Canadian Brass) had a great time coaching and playing for students of Greenville last week. Click the link to read the full article.click here for more info
August 15, 2013Happy Birthday, OSCAR PETERSON!Happy Birthday to the great Canadian jazz musician, Oscar Peterson.click here for more info
August 9, 2013Chris Coletti to start teaching at Brooklyn ConservatoryI am very excited to announce that I will joining the faculty at The Conservatory of music at Brooklyn College as Adjunct Trumpet Professor starting this fall!click here for more info
August 9, 2013Welcome to My New Site!Welcome to My New Site! Over the next few days I will be uploading new audio tracks, pictures, videos and calendar dates. Please leave comments and tell me what you'd like to see here. Thanks you for visiting! P.S. Many compliments to Aestheticize Media for doing such stellar work on the site--photos included.
January 16, 2012Video added

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Since joining Canadian Brass in 2009, trumpeter/arranger Christopher Coletti has performed hundred of concerts, TV and radio appearances around the world with the group, recorded 7 billboard chart-topping/award-winning CDs, filmed multiple music videos, and arranged a plethora of music that The Brass has recorded and regularly performs. Canadian Brass' dedication to music education is a perfect fit for Coletti who enjoys sharing his unique perspective as a full-time performer, active educator, and recent college graduate with students and fellow teachers. Coletti received his Masters Degree from The Juilliard School and his Bachelors Degree from Manhattan School of Music which he completed in just 3 years. Throughout his education, Coletti received multiple awards and scholarships, and won a number of competitions including the Music Academy of the West Chamber Concerto Competition, Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition, LaGuardia Arts Concerto Competition Staten Island Symphony Concerto Competition, The Tanglewood Music Center Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Fellowship and Susan B. Kaplan Fellowship,The Juilliard School Frieda and Harry Aronson Scholarship, and The Manhattan School of Music President Scholarship. Coletti got his professional start as Principal Trumpet of The Huntsville Symphony in Alabama. Comfortable in many musical styles, Coletti has performed with a wide range of musicians ranging from Yefim Bronfman, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas and Ricardo Muti to Quincy Jones, Carlos Santana, Gloria Estefan, and Miami Sound Machine. Coletti has perfect pitch, is a proficient whistler, and has the unique ability to sing an operatic high C. Coletti performs exclusively on Bach Artisan Trumpets, (Bb, C, Eb and Piccolo), Bach Cornet 184ML and Conn "Vintage 1" (V1) Flugelhorn.
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Mr. Coletti is available for masterclasses, recitals and private lessons by appointment only.

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Audio

Gershwin, George
American in Paris (excerpt)
Chris Coletti, solo trumpet
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Schumann / arr. Coletti
Carnaval
Chopin
Canadian Brass
from CARNAVAL
Chris Coletti , trumpet; solo; Eric Reed, horn solo
2013
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American in Paris (excerpt)
Chris Coletti
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Samuel Scheidt
Tabulatura Nova
Book 2: Echo ad manuale duplex
Canadian Brass
from Echo: Glory of Gabrieli
with the Canadian Brass
2009
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sacrae Symphoniae
Book 1: Canzon septimi e octavi toni a 12
Canadian Brass
from Echo: Glory of Gabrieli
with the Canadian Brass & Echo Brass
Eric Robertson (Organ)
2009
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sacrae Symphoniae
Book 1: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 1
Canadian Brass
from Echo: Glory of Gabrieli
with the Canadian Brass & Echo Brass
Eric Robertson (Organ)
2009
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sacrae Symphoniae
Book 1: Sonata pian e forte alla quarta bassa
Canadian Brass
from Echo: Glory of Gabrieli
with the Canadian Brass
2009
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William Walton
Concerto for Viola & Orchestra (excerpts)
2008
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Giuseppe Verdi
La Forza del Destino'
Overture (excerpts)
2007
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Paul Hindemith
Mathis der Maler (excerpt)
from live
2006
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Discography

Canadian Brass
Perfect Landing
2015
To effect a PERFECT LANDING all systems must be operating at one hundred percent efficiency -- and that is where Canadian Brass finds itself today. As a follow up to their best selling TAKES FLIGHT recording, Canadian Brass has once again expanded the repertoire for the Brass Quintet! Due to the dedication of countless people throughout the incredible Canadian Brass journey -- players, writers, managers, concert presenters, instrument designers, music education specialists, support staff and of course, family -- Canadian Brass now enjoys a leadership role in the chamber music world once dominated by only the finest string quartets. Meanwhile the Brass routinely meets receptive audiences more typically witnessed in pop culture. This disc represents a celebration of this PERFECT LANDING for the entire CB community.
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Julian Wachner | NOVUS NY | Trinity Choir
Works for Orchestra and Voices

2014
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Canadian Brass
Great Wall of China

2014
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Metropolitan Opera Brass
Sacrae Symphoniaie
2013
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Canadian Brass
Christmas Time is Here

2013
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Canadian Brass
Carnaval (Robert Schumann's Carnaval & Kinderszenen)

2013
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Canadian Brass
Takes Flight

2013
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Canadian Brass
Brahms on Brass

2012
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Epigene
A Wall Street Odyssey: The City, the Country and Back Again

2011
http://www.epigenemusic.com
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Canadian Brass
Stars & Stripes: Canadian Brass Salute America

2011
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Ted Hearne
Katrina Ballads

2010
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Emanuel and the Fear
Listen

2009
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Canadian Brass
Echo: Glory of Gabrieli

2009
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Emanuel and the Fear
The Perfect Me (Single)
2009
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Emanuel and the Fear
Emanuel and the Fear

2009
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Chris Coletti and Canadian Brass: Amazing Grace
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Little Fugue in G minor - J.S.Bach - Canadian Brass - YouTubeCanadian Brass perform Little Fugue in G minor in Sion, Switzerland Festival de Sion 2012 Valais Suiza Chris Coletti & Brandon Ridenour: trumpets Eric Reed -...
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Brahms On Brass - Canadian Brass - Part 1/4 - YouTubeiTunes http://bit.ly/YeKFc6 CD - http://bit.ly/VcnyCJ Sheet Music - http://bit.ly/11Hy9Z7 Canadian Brass trumpeters Brandon Ridenour and Chris Coletti discus...
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Papillon - CARNAVAL (Robert Schumann) 2013Welcome to CARNAVAL, Canadian Brass' newest CD release!
The disc features Robert Schumann's famed Carnaval, Op. 9 paired with his Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15.

Feeling the fantasy of CanadianBrass playing Robert Schumann, Opening Day's (ODEG) videographer Austin Hitchcock has blended Canadian Brass performing this amazing music into a scene from "Gulliver's Travels" (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants - 1902), a film by George Melies, a French illusionist and filmmaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Méliès).

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/14IHm1w
iTunes: http://bit.ly/Carnavalitunes
Digital download: http://bit.ly/11hDFMr
Physical CD: http://bit.ly/ZjUeKd
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Intermezzo/Paganini - CARNAVAL (Robert Schumann) 2013Welcome to CARNAVAL, Canadian Brass' newest CD release!
The disc features Robert Schumann's famed Carnaval, Op. 9 paired with his Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15.

Feeling the fantasy of CanadianBrass playing Robert Schumann, Opening Day's (ODEG) videographer Austin Hitchcock has blended Canadian Brass performing this amazing music into a scene from "Gulliver's Travels" (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants - 1902), a film by George Melies, a French illusionist and filmmaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Méliès).

Sheet Music: http://bit.ly/14IHm1w
iTunes: http://bit.ly/Carnavalitunes
Digital download: http://bit.ly/11hDFMr
Physical CD: http://bit.ly/ZjUeKd
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Brahms On Brass - Canadian Brass - Part 2/4 - YouTubeiTunes http://bit.ly/YeKFc6 CD - http://bit.ly/VcnyCJ Sheet Music - http://bit.ly/11Hy9Z7 Canadian Brass trumpeters Brandon Ridenour and Chris Coletti discus...
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Brahms On Brass - Canadian Brass - Part 3/4 - YouTubeiTunes http://bit.ly/YeKFc6 CD - http://bit.ly/VcnyCJ Sheet Music - http://bit.ly/11Hy9Z7 Canadian Brass trumpeters Brandon Ridenour and Chris Coletti discus...
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Come Together with US Airforce Strings - Canadian Brass 2009Canadian Brass with the United States Air Force Orchestra

Soloists: Chris Coletti & Joe Burgstaller
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Flight of the Bumblebee - Canadian Brass 2012This 2012 video, "Flight of the Bumblebee," is the title tune on CANADIAN BRASS' premiere Steinway & Sons label release, and, the first recording with all of the new permanent members of the ensemble: Chuck Daellenbach (tuba), Chris Coletti and Brandon Ridenour (trumpets), Achilles Liarmakopoulos (trombone) and Eric Reed (horn).

This is the first recording the BRASS have made with their new custom-made gold-plated Bach & Conn instruments built by Conn-Selmer.
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Brahms On Brass - Canadian Brass - Part 4/4 - YouTubeiTunes http://bit.ly/YeKFc6 CD - http://bit.ly/VcnyCJ Sheet Music - http://bit.ly/11Hy9Z7 Canadian Brass trumpeters Brandon Ridenour and Chris Coletti discus...
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Canadian Brass' New Christmas CD! (Sneak Preview)Frosty the Snowman
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Brahms Chorale Prelude X - Canadian Brass 2012Brahms' "Chorale Prelude #10" arr. Ralph Sauer, featuring Canadian Brass trombonist Achilles Liarmakopoulos, has quickly become an important work in the BRASS Repertoire.

First recorded for the chart-topping "Brahms On Brass" it has been newly realized for the BRASS' 2012 release, "Takes Flight".
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Brass Romance - Canadian Brass 2012Lady Gaga's Bad Romance performed by Canadian Brass - BRASS ROMANCE

iTunes - http://bit.ly/YYD8iI
Sheet Music - http://bit.ly/Wo0yNT

BRASS UNDERGROUND is Canadian Brass' new, innovative platform for sharing a series of newly composed arrangements. The first of these, recorded in an undisclosed basement in Toronto, is a brand new arrangement of Lady Gaga's mega hit, "Bad Romance" -- now titled "Brass Romance."

The mission of Brass Underground is to expand the boundaries of traditional Canadian Brass repertoire and appeal to all sorts of listeners. These "cover" arrangements come from the Brass' time spent "underground"- jamming and getting creative. While this may not always be the Canadian Brass music that audiences are used to, nor will they most likely hear these titles on their live performance circuit, fans are sure to enjoy this fresh side to CB!
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"Sphinxes" by Chris Coletti and Brandon Ridenour
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Handful of Keys - Canadian Brass in JapanCanadian Brass live at Art Park Concert Hall in Sapporo, Japan August 2013
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Chris Coletti & Joe Burgstaller: Come Together - Canadian Brass (Beatles) 2011Chris Coletti and Joe Burgstaller face off in an epic trumpet battle that ultimate brings them together in COME TOGETHER by the Beatles

Texas Lutheran University
Jackson Auditorium
Seguin, TX
Recorded in 2011
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