Celeste Simone

Biography

As a vocal teacher and coach Celeste has worked with Kristin Chenoweth, Chita Rivera, Gossip Girls, Adam Chandler-Beret, Didi Conn, Sally Kellerman, Loni Ackermann, Elaine Joyce Simon, actress Amy Irving, composer David Shire, American Idol’s Kimberly Locke, Dancing with the Stars’ Mark Ballas, Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess, from the TV show Legacies Danielle Rose Russell, Broadway Empire’s and Netflix’s The Family Ben Rosenfeld, recording artist, Eleri Ward. She has worked alongside Andrew Lloyd Weber and director Joel Schumacher as the NY vocal coach on the movie Phantom of the Opera.

Celeste’s voice students have appeared on Broadway in Moulin Rouge, Hamilton, The Lion King, Chicago, Gypsy, Nine, Wicked, Spamalot, Tarzan, The Color Purple, The Book of Mormon, Jersey Boys, Hollywood Arms, The Grinch, The Carnegie Hall concert version of South Pacific (starring Reba MacIntyre, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alec Baldwin), West Side Story, Baby It’s You, Rent, Follies, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot, Peter and the Star Catcher, Shrek, Once, Les Miserable, Newies, Kinky Boots, Matilda, Beauty and The Beast, The Producers, the 1st national of The Band’s Visit and Mean Girls.

Celeste is on the Faculty of Broadway Artists Alliance NYC, Bergen Community College, NJ.and frequently gives Master Classes at the Westchester Conservatory. She was the vocal coach for ABC’s ALEX INC. starring Zach Braff, vocal and performance coach at St. Louis Cabaret Project, St Louis University and at the Kristin Chenoweth Broadway Boot Camp. Celeste received her BM in Voice from the Manhattan School of Music.