Celeste Winant, mezzo-soprano, performs regularly with San Francisco Bay Area groups such as American Bach Soloists, Gaude, Philharmonia Chorale, Vajra Voices, and Volti. Her voice has been described by San Francisco Classical Voice as “attractive”, “a true, rich alto.”

A champion of 20th and 21st century art music, performance highlights include touring with San Francisco Lyric Opera's critically-acclaimed production of David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning the little match girl passion in Odense, Denmark, performing the out-of-this-world contralto solos with Volti from Ruth Crawford Seeger's Three Chants at the 2018 Bard West Festival. and anchoring the women in the vocal octet for a rare performance of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia with the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.

Equally at home singing oratorio, Celeste's solo engagements include appearances with the Berkeley Women's Chorus, Chora Nova, the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, the Stanford Summer Choir, and the Stanford University Singers. In addition to her singing, Celeste received her Ph.D. in physics in 2003 and presently is a researcher in demography at UC Berkeley.