Coaching face to face is ‘the art of facilitating another person’s learning, development, well-being and  performance. It raises self awareness and identifies choices.  Through using a coaching approach, people are able to find their own solutions, develop their own skills and change their own attitudes and behaviours. The aim of mentoring-coaching is to close the gap between people’s potential and their current state..”

This definition is from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s ‘Ignite’ coaching and mentoring skills course which Celia completed in early 2024 in order to widen her definition of ‘teaching’ to be able to help more people. 

Celia enjoys coaching in groups and giving masterclasses, for woodwind students, orchestral sections, amateur orchestras and other groups of instrumentalists. She has enjoyed a varied experience coaching woodwind students at many colleges of music, including Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music and Drama, Elder Conservatorium Yieu Sing Toh Conservatory, Singapore and Trinity College, London. 

She has coached as a faculty artist for groups of emerging elite soloists at TALIS Festival in Sarajevo; South American oboists for Campos de Jordao Festival in Brazil; for Australia’s emerging oboe generations for Australian Youth Orchestra and for many diverse groups for the Australasian Double Reed Society in Australia and New Zealand, as President of ADRS 2007-2013. 

As an experienced multi-instrumentalist with a unique career path, Celia is able to coach:

• Oboists, for specific outcomes such as performances, auditions, or for technical issues
• All instrumentalists for musical and performance related guidance
• Musicians for career advice and goals 
• Synesthetes 

She is now in a process of accreditation with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). Due to a complicated travel timetable, regular weekly oboe lessons are not available. Celia is able to recommend many experienced oboe teachers in South Australia and elsewhere.