Chris Coletti (sponsored event)
Start Time
February 21 at 4:00pm
Event Location
Visiting Artist Recital:
Chris Coletti, Trumpet
Dr Hanna Chung, Piano
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 4:00 PM
Glidden Recital Hall
Hailed as 鈥渁 technical superstar and household name鈥 by Maestro Paul Haas and 鈥渙ne of the most remarkable double (music) threats鈥 a brilliant trumpeter and imaginative arranger鈥 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 Orchestra, and frequently performs and records as guest principal with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. As a conductor, Coletti directs the and has also led the , 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鈥檚 students have won 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.