Celia is well respected as both a performer and educator of the
recorder. After studying at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama with Pamela Thorby, Robert Ehrlich and Gail Hennessy
(which included a three month study period at the Utrecht School
of Arts in The Netherlands), she graduated with a First class
degree in 2003 and has gone on to have a varied musical career.
Her performing experience has included appearances at The Isle
of Man Early Music Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Wigmore Hall,
St Martin-in-the-Fields and featured soloist in the 2005 Jenkins
Requiem Tour.
She has a keen interest in contemporary music which has led to a
number of pieces being written for and premiered by Celia. She
premiered Donald Bousted's 'Two Responses to Silence' (for tenor
recorder) in 1998 and has had a double concerto written for her
by the same composer. Whilst at Guildhall, she was invited to
record the Guildhall audition piece which she also premiered at
the Wigmore Hall. David Murphy's LOL for recorder and percussion
(dedicated to Celia) was premiered by her in June 2003.
Celia is the recorder teacher at Kingshott Preparatory School,
Oundle School and for the Hertfordshire Music Service. Her
teaching commitments see her developing the abilities of c.160
recorder students each week ranging from beginners to diploma
and degree level students. Celia was a specialist adjudicator
for the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in 2008 and is an
external examiner for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
