Loire (musician)

Loire attended a gifted magnet school for the performing arts called Long Island High School for the Arts and was chosen as honorary speaker and performer at the graduation ceremony. She went on to earn a Bachelor's degree of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston, followed by a Master's Degree in Music Therapy from New York University.

During her teens her Jazz mentor Dave Burns introduced Loire to scat singing, similar to Konnakol, scat demands the vocal reproduction of complex and often up-tempo instrumental material. Other important teachers include, Piano and Harpsichord virtuoso Barbara Kupferberg and Jazz Vocalists Bob Stoloff, Mili Bermajo, and Dominique Eade.

She attributes much of her rhythmic approach and Konnakol studies to her collaboration (2002–present) with composer and four-time Grammy winner Glen Velez.[1] She has also studied Konnakol with Ghatam and Konnakol master Subash Chandran and Vinod (VR) Venkataram.

She conducts master classes and workshops at The Juilliard School[2] and other prestigious conservatories and universities around the World.[3]

• Glen Velez[4]
• Hans Zimmer
• Robert Miller (Composer)
• Jacob Ter Veldhuis[5]
• Edward Bilous
• Stephen Burns[6]
• Jozef Lupták
• Steve Mazzaro
• David Fleming
• Andy Page
• Murat Coşkun
• Others: Lew Soloff, Steve Gorn, Enrique Haneine, Howard Levy, Sonny Fortune, Eugene Friesen, David Darling, Adam Rogers, Edward Bilous, Robert Miller, Michelle Dibucci, Enzo Rao, Kepa Junkera, Paul Giger, Shane Shanahan, Yousif Sheronick, VK Raman, Nina Stern, Chitravina Ravikiran, Milica Paranosic, Paola Prestini, Trichy Sankaran, Buglisi Dance Theater, Alison Chase Apogee Theater (co-founder Pilobolus), Mimi Garrard VideoDance, Bridgman/Packer Dance, Nai-Ni Chen Dance. Axiom Ensemble, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, National Chinese Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra.

Loire was a Professor of Music Therapy at The New School (2001–2007) and worked extensively in clinics and hospitals around New York City with populations as Adult Psychiatry, Foster Children/At-Risk Teens, Autism and Brain Injuries. Her Music Therapy expertise has greatly influenced her approach to the voice. Loire continues to lend her talents to supporting Music Therapy charities and has been actively collaborating with Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Inc.[7]

Loire has been the featured soloist in THE NEWS: a reality opera by avant-pop composer JacobTV,[8] and she is credited for composing vocal parts for the arias Stock Market, Bounce or Decline and Lamento. All of her performances have received rave reviews, Including the Netherlands Wind Ensemble De Volkskrant[9] and NRC Handelsblad.[10] She maintains an active touring schedule with Glen Velez and is also a core member of MEDIEVAL MANTRA[11] with Nina Stern and Glen Velez and Glen Velez Handance Ensemble with Shane Shanahan and Yousif Sheronick. Loire frequently collaborates with composer and multimedia artist Milica Paranosic. In December 2017 Loire was discovered by renowned vocalist and vocal contractor Edie Lehmann Boddicker and Academy Award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer, which led to her featured work on X-Men Dark Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and Xperiments from Dark Phoenix by Hans Zimmer and composers Steve Mazarro, Dave Fleming and Andy Page [4].

"Rhythm Vocalist" is a term Glen Velez coined in 2003 to describe her signature performance style. It primarily involves her original rhythmic approach to the voice using hybrid vocal techniques combining wordless improvisations, scat singing and konnakol as a performance role in musical settings. She cites her mentor and husband Glen Velez and his "Glen Velez Handance Method" as a primary influence on her rhythmic approach. Loire's debut solo recording 18 Wings includes selections from The Great American Songbook and features her signature rhythm vocalist style, while highlighting her more traditional lyrical jazz singing.

1. http://www.loirecotler.com
2. http://wwww.glenvelez.com/
3. https://www.boomboxshop.net/the-news.html
4. http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1760
5. http://edwardbilous.com/portfolio/night-of-the-dark-moon-opening/
6. https://www.screensoundalliance.com/about (Composer Robert Miller)
7. http://www.subashchandranmusic.com
8. http://www.kepajunkera.com
9. http://www.levyland.com
10. http://www.celloman.com
11. http://www.lewsoloff.com