Performance coaches for musicians and performers
Compare 21 performance coaches who focus on musicians and performers. Besides musicians and performers, the most common focus areas are performance anxiety, athletes and sports, mental toughness and high performers. They most often work with creatives, athletes and students. Most charge $90 to $210 per hour or session.
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Chelsea Tanner
Chelsea Tanner is a flutist and mindset coach who helps musicians build confidence and move past imposter syndrome. She is based in Los Angeles. She has spoken at over 30 conferences and universities on mindset tools, performance anxiety and practicing. She hosts a podcast with over 80 episodes on musician mindset. She also teaches flute, both online and in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area.
Jonté LeGras
Jonté LeGras is a Los Angeles-based acting coach who helps actors with auditions, self-tapes, scene preparation and on-camera work. Jonté is a SAG-AFTRA actor with more than 20 years in television, film and theatre. Director Ava DuVernay picked Jonté to be the on-set acting coach for the youngest lead actor during the five-month shoot of Disney's A Wrinkle in Time. Jonté works with young performers, developing actors and experienced pros.
Whitney Uland
Whitney Uland is a celebrity coach who helps actors and other creatives build a public career and stronger belief in themselves. Whitney is also an actor and writer. Whitney has worked alongside top entertainment talent for over 12 years. Whitney's coaching centers on mindset, self-belief, and feeling safe in the spotlight. Whitney teaches an idea Whitney calls Celebrity Energy, the pull that makes people want to watch you. Whitney also hosts a podcast and offers a free masterclass.
Maria Bruce
Maria Bruce is a high-performance coach who works with athletes, artists, founders and professionals. She is a medical doctor and licensed psychotherapist. Her work looks at how pressure, decision-making and personal dynamics affect each other. She has coached Olympic athletes and award-nominated artists, plus people in entertainment, beauty and finance. She founded Optimalist Health and wrote the Mental Training series. Her coaching combines applied psychology with physiological regulation.
Melanie Golding
Melanie Golding is a coach and qualified counsellor who works with musicians and performing artists. She also coaches on anxiety and autism life coaching, and works with teens. She has spent more than 30 years in the music industry as a singer-songwriter and toured the United States and the UK with her albums. She wrote the book 'Facing My Own Music' about the effects of the music industry. She helps artists rebuild confidence and a sense of self.
Bree Sutton
Bree Sutton is an athletic performance mindset coach who helps athletes remove the barriers that hold back their best play. She uses a technique called brainspotting to work on brain patterns tied to past negative events, such as a hard fall or a concussion. She is a licensed mental health therapist and a certified mindset coach. Her coaching is not therapy. She also works with actors and performers.
Guy Camilleri
Guy Camilleri is an acting and confidence coach who helps actors, writers, directors and other creatives. He founded the RAW acting studio and has taught acting for more than 15 years, in classes and one-on-one. His students range from beginners to Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominees. Guy is also a working actor. He has appeared in the indie film Electrick Children and the series Magnum P.I.
Kika Cicmanec
Kika Cicmanec is a life and mental performance coach who works with athletes, actors, artists, directors and other entertainment professionals. Kika is a former high-level athlete and holds a PCC credential from the ICF. Kika also holds a certified tennis coach credential and master's degrees in performing arts and psychology. The focus is on building a stronger mindset that leads to lasting change in performance and daily life.
Kiley Ellefson
Kiley Ellefson is an anxiety and breathwork coach in Nevada who helps athletes, athletic coaches, first responders, and performers and artists. Kiley is also a marriage and family therapy intern and is training toward mental performance and Associate Certified Coach credentials. Kiley began coaching to bring therapy knowledge and skills into work on performance and daily life. Sessions follow three stages: Awareness, vision, and action. A free consultation is available.
Laura Gibert
Laura Gibert is a confidence and creativity coach for artists, musicians and singers. She is a professional opera singer who also holds a psychology degree. She trained in Barcelona and London. Her sessions mix psychology with practical exercises, so change starts in the mind and shows up in behavior. She works with professionals, students and amateurs. All sessions are online.
Renée-Paule Gauthier
Renée-Paule Gauthier is a success coach for performing artists. Renée-Paule runs Mind Over Finger, where Renée-Paule helps musicians practice with focus, perform at their best, and build a purposeful musical career. Renée-Paule's offers include one-on-one private coaching, courses on practicing for peak performance, and a program on performance anxiety. Renée-Paule also offers a Music Mastery Experience and a free guide on using the metronome for effective practice.
Christian Hales
Christian Hales coaches musicians on music school prep, professional orchestra auditions, and career moves out of music. He is a double bassist who won the Principal Bassist job at the Charleston Symphony and later moved into tech. He took 20 professional orchestra auditions and was a finalist at the San Francisco, Seattle, North Carolina and Baltimore symphonies. He also taught bass as an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston.
John McKay
John McKay is a confidence and creativity coach who helps artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers. He has coached since 2016. Before that, he was a lifelong musician who played in bands, toured across the USA, owned a mobile recording studio and promoted concerts. He helps clients trust their own wisdom so they can live and create with more joy, make strong work and build career success.
Kate Mansfield
Kate Mansfield is a dating and relationship coach in the UK. She helps high achievers, including leaders, artists, celebrities and athletes, with love, confidence and performance. She has coached for 15 years and advised corporations and high profile clients. Before coaching she worked in artist and celebrity management with A-list talent. She is also a couples and family therapist.
Sanam Pasha
Sanam Pasha is a life, career and performance coach who works with Iranian creatives. Her clients are musicians, writers, filmmakers, performers and artists who are adjusting to life after immigration. She founded Artology Coaching and holds ICF PCC certification with 400+ coaching hours. She is also a professional singer, composer and songwriter, so she knows the creative side of this move firsthand. She works from Laguna Woods, California.
ArtsBridge
ArtsBridge is a college consulting firm for students in the visual and performing arts. It helps students in theater, music, dance and visual arts apply to college. The firm is based in Natick, Massachusetts. It offers artistic assessments, an application and essay bootcamp, audition workshops with college faculty, and summer programs in acting, voice, dance and musical theater. It also offers consulting for institutions.
Emily Maguire
Emily Maguire is a career coach and business consultant for people in TV, film, media and the creative industries. She helps students, graduates and professionals find work, change careers and grow small businesses. She has over 20 years of mentoring experience and has delivered over 1,000 hours of coaching worldwide. Her past work spans retail, banking, healthcare and education. She also offers a mentoring program built for actors.
Rick McLeod
Rick McLeod is a life, leadership and performance coach in London, Ontario. His own path includes work as a musician, martial artist, writer, financial planner, painter, store manager and project leader. He blends creative insight with martial arts discipline to help clients build focus, clarity and confidence, and follow through on the projects that matter to them.
Sarah Overman
Sarah Overman is an accountability and innovation coach for actors, performers and other creatives. She used to be a casting director, and she also worked as an actor. She created the One-On-Ones, sessions that show actors how casting works from the inside. Today she pairs coaching with Brainspotting to help clients clear blocks, deal with procrastination and self-sabotage, and build a stronger creative practice.
Mark Wilkes
Mark Wilkes is an anxiety coach and life coach in Utah. He works with athletes, musicians and students. His focus areas are anxiety management, performance psychology and existential crisis. He is a practicing psychotherapist in his state and holds an MA in marriage and family therapy. He is also certified in Advanced Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis. He helps people who feel held back, who underperform, or who want more meaning in life.
Judy John-Baptiste
Judy John-Baptiste is a career, performance and life coach in England. She offers career coaching for people in the entertainment industry. Her coaching centers on setting performance goals, planning so nothing is left to chance, overcoming fear and challenging barriers. She holds a diploma in life coaching, earned with distinction. She also writes articles on coaching, including one titled Perfect for Performance, Coaching you to Centre Stage.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Tanner | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Jonté LeGras | Musicians and performers | $110 to $200 an hour |
| Whitney Uland | Musicians and performers | $80 to $155 an hour |
| Maria Bruce | Athletes and sports and High performers | $80 to $155 an hour |
| Melanie Golding | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $120 to $225 an hour |
| Bree Sutton | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $80 to $155 an hour |
| Guy Camilleri | Musicians and performers | $80 to $170 an hour |
| Kika Cicmanec | Athletes and sports and Musicians and performers | $200 to $300 an hour |
| Kiley Ellefson | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $125 to $250 an hour |
| Laura Gibert | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Renée-Paule Gauthier | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Christian Hales | Musicians and performers | $90 to $175 an hour |
| John McKay | Musicians and performers | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Kate Mansfield | High performers and Athletes and sports | $80 to $250 an hour |
| Sanam Pasha | Musicians and performers | $100 to $150 per hour |
Common questions
How much does a performance coach for musicians and performers cost?
Most performance coaches charge $90 to $210 per hour or session.
What else do these performance coaches help with?
Common focus areas include performance anxiety, athletes and sports, mental toughness and high performers.
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Last updated September 2026.