Celeste owes her passion of fiddling to great teachers and an inspiring fiddle community. As a teacher, her mission is to pay it forward and perpetuate this great musical tradition.
Celeste is a five-time national champion at the National Old Time Fiddle Contest, with titles in the Junior Junior, Junior, and Young Adult divisions. She is also the 2019 Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle champion, the 2023 RockyGrass Fiddle champion, a two-time Rocky Mountain Regional Fiddle Champion, and a multiple-time Colorado State fiddle champion in her division. Her students have also gone on to win state and national titles.
In addition to teaching, Celeste takes great pleasure in sharing her enthusiasm for fiddle through performing. She plays with a variety of bands whose repertoires include Western Swing, traditional swing, jazz manouche, country, and more. When she’s not playing music, she loves to read, travel, and pet cats.