Tune in at 8pm ET to hear the faculty of the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute present their virtual performances, including a world premiere of Anthony Plog’s Symphony for Brass! My contribution will be my BRAND NEW transcription of JACOB COLLIER’S grammy winning arrangement of FLINTSTONES — something I’ve been working on for quite a while. “See” you there!
Inspired by composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reiche, Tys Music and Brandon Ridenour, this flashy duet never stops! It takes advantage of finger combinations that sound harder than they are, enabling blazing speed and constant motion.
The world premiere was done at Rafael Mendez Summer Brass Institute 2024 in Denver, CO and was part of an ongoing experiment to create my own content using portable equipment many people already own. Video and audio was recorded with 3 common devices: an iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 11, and iPad Pro 12.9. Video editing was done in DaVinci Resolve (FREE professional software - I highly recommend it!).
Grieg’s Sonata No. 3, Opus 45, Movement III. arranged for trumpet and piano by Chris Coletti. Originally for violin and piano. This version was completed and first performed on July 10th at the Rafael Mendez Summer Brass Institute by Chris Coletti on a faculty recital.
As recorded by BRASSOLOGY! This original arrangement by Chris Coletti of TRANSCENDENTAL ETUDE NO. 10 by Franz Liszt features everyone in the octet. Originally arranged for BRASSOLOGY, the super-star brass group, for the group’s debut recording (available now!).
This download comes with trumpet part in C, Bb and the full piano score. Total 8 pages.
The beautiful "Chiarina" movement from Schumann's CARNAVAL, Op. 11 as performed and arranged for trumpet duet by Chris Coletti. Duet works for any 2 instruments—reach out for custom instrumentation requests!
This AIR (A.K.A. Air on a G String) is the 2nd movement from J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 (BWV 1068). It is possibly one of the best pieces ever written and often played at wedding ceremonies. Arranged for two trumpets (or 2 anythings, really!) by Chris Coletti.
We all want endurance, but strength training and long tones only get you so far.
Developing an approach to playing that is efficient and effortless is the only way to achieve lasting endurance as a trumpeter without getting injured. An excellent benchmark is the ability to lip-trill—once you can do this the trumpet becomes an easy instrument to play! These exercises (this download includes all 3) will help get you there. They worked for me and they work for my students, and as a result are quickly becoming a staple addition amongst popular trumpet method books! Did I mention these make a great gift for trumpet players? :)
We all want endurance, but long tones only get you so far. Developing an approach to playing that is efficient and effortless is the only way to achieve lasting endurance as a trumpeter without getting injured. An excellent benchmark is the ability to lip-trill—once you can do this the trumpet becomes an easy instrument to play! These exercises (this is 1 of 3) will help get you there. They worked for me and they work for my students!
This gem of a piece was originally for strings and harmonium, but translates perfectly for brass quintet. It plays as is Dvorak composed it just for us :)
I originally arranged this to be played at my wedding as a postlude to lead people towards the reception - instead they stayed and listened!