For this episode, we were joined by internationally acclaimed trumpet player Chris Coletti. Chris is most well known for his ten years of playing with the famous Canadian Brass which he left in 2019. More recently, he has become an Assistant Professor at Ithaca College School of Music.

In the episode, we discussed many topics music and otherwise. We talked about what it was like performing and touring with Canadian Brass as well as teaching life in his new position at Ithaca College. But Chris is also geeky about tons of other topics, so we also talked about astrophysics, specialty coffee, quantum mechanics, consciousness, and many other areas of interest to us.

Because this episode was so long, we separated it into two parts. Be on the lookout for part 2 next week where we go into more detail about trumpet playing and trumpet pedagogy.

**This episode includes video which you can watch on our Youtube Channel**

Timestamps:

• [03:09] Juggling Canadian Brass with his new teaching position at Ithaca College
• [07:53] How Chris has adapted to COVID-19 life
• [13:01] Chris's telescopes and his Hawaii star-gazing experience
• [18:12] The rabbit hole of specialty coffee
• [25:25] Chris's favorite part of being in the Canadian Brass
• [35:26] Sean Carroll and the Hugh Everett many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics
• [43:41] The hard and easy problems of consciousness
• [44:56] Sean Carroll, David Chalmers, and the question of whether or not we have free will

Links Discussed:

• Chris's website/blog
• Chris's Instagram
• World AeroPress Championships
• Sean Carroll: Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
• What is Consciousness?
• Sean Carroll's book The Big Picture
• Sean Carroll: The Search for Meaning

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