Biography
In addition to her orchestral work, Celine is co-founder of the Botticelli Duo, who have given recitals and provided music for corporate functions at venues that include the National Portrait Gallery and Regents Hall. The Duo performed the World Premier of Shifting Sands by Pat Livingstone. Celine has also been the cellist with The Chameleon String Quartet since 1998 giving recitals and performing at corporate functions and weddings.

Celine is the principal cellist with the group Tonic Fold and The Cullinan Ensemble founded by composer/songwriter Shane Cullinan. Performance venues have included Bush Hall, St Pauls Covent Garden and Too Too Much, Soho. She has also recorded an Album with the German label Haldern Pop with her band Amphibic in 2003/2004.

Celine's theatre work includes performances with The Divine Comedy at the Haldern Pop Festival, Germany (2004), and The Last Five Years at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Her studio work includes a recording for Pat Livingstone and Donald Wetherick's I Saw A Stranger for solo cello and chamber choir, and she has recently played on a session for Billy Ocean.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Apollo Chamber Orchestra, Belmont Ensemble of London, Brandenburg Sinfonia, British Concert Orchestra, Chameleon Arts Orchestra, London Children's Ballet, Milton Keynes City Orchestra, Opera Theatre Company, Ireland, Orchestra Da Camera, Watford Philharmonic.

Celine's orchestral work also includes National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (appointed deputy member in 1993), playing principal cello with the Anton Bruckner Chamber Orchestra, Dartington Orchestra and the Britannica Chamber Symphony. She has worked as co-principal cello with the Canterbury Symphony Orchestra, Essex Symphony Orchestra, Concilium Chamber Orchestra, Imperial College Orchestra, and the British Youth Opera. Celine has also worked with the Belmont Ensmeble, Opera Theatre Company, Ireland, Chameleon Arts Chamber Orchestra, Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Galadriel Ensemble, The Bruch Ensemble and the Windsor and Eton Operatic Society.

Education
Celine was born in 1972. Celine's graduate studies took place at Trinity College, Dublin with a BA Mod (1989 - 1993). She also gained an LTCL (performers) Diploma from the Royal College of Music (1992 - 1995) and took a Postgraduate Performers Course, including the Peripatetic option, at Trinity College of Music, London (1995 - 1996).

Prizes and Awards
Arts Council of Ireland Award, 1994 - 1996.

Teachers: Professor Eileen Croxford (1992 - 1995), Louise Hopkins, Phillip Sheppard and Raphael Sommer.

Celine's web links
www.botticelliduo.co.uk

Celine joined Morgensterns in September 2004

Celine's web profile was last updated 19th Jul 2008