Coire Geare
About Coire
Coire Geare (they/she) has been playing, writing, and teaching music for nearly twenty years. They started off on viola, quickly switched to bass, and with that start a lifelong love affair with the instrument. After High School, they went on to study at Metropolitan State University of Denver with Ron Miles, Ron Bland, Greg Garrison, and Fred Hess. It was here that Coire truly discovered their passion for music beyond bass. They later transferred to CU Boulder and studied with Paul Erhard and Karl Fenner. Since their college experience, Coire has been teaching High School Orchestra, Mariachi, AP Music Theory, and History of Rock at Eaglecrest High School. When they aren't playing in venues and theaters around Denver, Coire takes their dog on regular sniffs, reads too many books at once, and yells at video games that are
too hard for them to play.
Headshots/Promo for "Once"; Photo: Sarah Fischer
Stagedoor Theatre 2023; Photo: Tracy Doty
Denver Philharmonic Orchestra at Herkluesaal in 2022
Headshots/Promo for "Once"; Photo: Sarah Fischer
PROFESSIONAL CV
Educator
Coire is currently a Technical Instructor at TechNation Careers, a nonprofit focused on providing IT training and certification for New Americans. In addition, Coire has nine years of classroom education experience at Eaglecrest High School in the Cherry Creek School District. There, they taught two Orchestras, Mariachi, History of Rock and Roll, and AP Music Theory. In addition, Coire has had numerous private students over the years in a wide range of instruments and disciplines. She has seen students of theirs attend such prestigious events as Colorado All State Orchestra, Western States Honors Orchestra, and Cherry Creek School District Honor Orchestra. The majority of her AP Music Theory students achieved at least a 3 on the exam, and they have helped many young people attending college improve their music theory grades by a letter grade or more.
Musician
Performance C/V
Coire performs widely in the Denver area on electric bass, upright bass, and cello, though they have also performed on guitar, piano, and vocals as well as small cast parts in musical theater. In college, she played in Jazz Combos, Big Bands, Symphony Orchestras, the Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk), Pendulum, Graduate Jazz and Conducting Recitals, New Music Ensembles, the CU Wind Symphony, and in their own recitals. In addition, Coire has performed with many ensembles and companies over the years such as the Rachel Irvine Quartet, 90s rock cover band Dropshot, Goatstorm, Nova Somnia, Wild Beautiful Orchestra the Boulder Symphony, the Arapahoe Philharmonic, Boulder Opera Company, Vintage Theatre, Sasquatch Productions, Stagedoor Theatre, and the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. She also played with Bianca and the Flyboys, Atomic Fusion Initiative, and is a member of Rock Candy. Currently, Coire is working on writing and recording material for their solo project, with details to be released when she has enough material to start playing out! You can check out examples of their playing, engraving style, and excerpts of compositions on her portfolio page.​
IT Specialist
Coire has always been fascinated with technology and is a lifelong tinkerer. They have built their own computers, put new ones together with spare parts, and played with various technologies all her life such as Raspberry Pis, Arduino computers, and dabbling in different programming languages. For many years, they were her family's in-house IT tech. After years of teaching in the K-12 setting, Coire found that love of technology rise back up, and they decided to pursue certification in IT through the Goodwill LIFT IT Training and Certification program. To date, Coire has acquired the CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certifications and is well on her way to getting her Security+ certification as well. She currently teaches CompTIA A+ preparation classes through TechNation Careers in Denver, CO.
