Caitlin Beare is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. An
acclaimed clarinetist and educator, she has won prizes for solo and chamber music performances
from the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition, the Yamaha Young
Performing Artists Competition, Shenandoah Conservatory’s Soloists Competition, and the
Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition. She has held fellowship positions at the Atlantic
Music Festival, Talis Festival & Academy (Saas-Fee, Switzerland), the Bowdoin International
Music Festival, and Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Session.
At TAMU-CC, Caitlin coordinates all activities in the clarinet studio; coaches the Islander Winds
scholarship wind quintet; teaches music appreciation, woodwind techniques, and University
Seminar; and performs with her colleagues in the Bayview Winds and Plumeria Winds. She also
co-organizes the annual SoundWaves Festival, a week-long celebration of contemporary music.
A dedicated member of the local arts community, Caitlin has performed on the First
Friday/ArtWalk series, on KEDT live radio broadcasts, in numerous local schools, and with the
Corpus Christi and Victoria Symphony Orchestras.
Caitlin earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she
held an assistantship with the Modern Music Ensemble. She holds a Master of Music degree
from Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music summa cum laude from Shenandoah
Conservatory. She completed additional studies at Bard College Conservatory in the Advanced
Performance Studies program. Her principal teachers include Anthony McGill, Garrick Zoeter,
David Krakauer, Ben Lulich, Laura Flax, and Pascual Martínez Forteza.
For more information, visit www.caitlinbeare.com.