Hailed as “a technical superstar and household name” by Maestro Paul Haas and “one of the most remarkable double (music) threats… a brilliant trumpeter and imaginative arranger” by David Srebnik (Sirius XM), internationally acclaimed trumpeter Chris Coletti is recognized for his work as a soloist, principal trumpet with top orchestras, arranger, and as a former member of the legendary Canadian Brass, with whom he toured internationally for over a decade and appears on more than a dozen acclaimed recordings.
He is Principal Trumpet of ROCO (Houston) and the Huntsville Symphony, and frequently performs and records as guest principal with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. As a conductor, Coletti directs the Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble and has also led the IC Gamer Symphony, Trumpet Ensemble, and the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra.
He has performed and/or recorded with artists and ensembles such as Jon Batiste, Kanye West, Quincy Jones, the Metropolitan Opera Brass, New York Philharmonic Brass, and conductors Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Muti, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Kurt Masur. He also appears in the Netflix documentary American Symphony and is a member of the all-star brass octet Brassology .
Most importantly, Coletti’s students have gone on to win positions in professional military bands and orchestras, been accepted into elite graduate programs such as The Juilliard School, Yale, New England Conservatory (NEC), and Manhattan School of Music (MSM), completed PhDs at top institutions including Florida State University and the University of Connecticut, and are now professors at schools across the USA.