Cora Gilreath
Brass Team
Cora Gilreath is a freelance musician, educator, and marching arts designer based in Northern Colorado. She spends part of her time as the low brass coach at Loveland High School, Fossil Ridge High School, and Kinard Middle School, where she maintains a private studio of 20-25 students, and teaches weekly sectionals and masterclasses. Cora also enjoys teaching movement, dance, and visual technique, thus she spends her falls with the Loveland High School Crimson Regiment as the Visual Caption Head, and her winters with the Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble, where she teaches both the World and Open ensembles. Cora is also a design and education consultant for Loveland Indoor Percussion and the Fossil Ridge Percussion Ensemble. In addition to her teaching experience with the aforementioned groups, her performance experience as a member of the Phantom Regiment (2013-16) and Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps (2017) keeps her in high demand as an educator of the marching arts. Cora holds degrees from Iowa State University (B.M. Tuba) and the University of Texas at Austin (M.M. Tuba). Her primary teachers are Charles Villarrubia, Christian Carichner, Steve Vaughn and Benjamin Vasko.
