Performance coaches for musicians and performers
Compare 24 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 founders and business owners. 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. He is a SAG-AFTRA actor with more than 20 years in television, film and theatre. Director Ava DuVernay picked him to be the on-set acting coach for the youngest lead actor during the five-month shoot of Disney's A Wrinkle in Time. He works with young performers, developing actors and experienced pros.
Laura Gibert
Laura Gibert is a confidence and creativity coach for artists, musicians and singers. She is also a professional opera singer, a lyric coloratura soprano who has performed across Europe. She holds a psychology degree from the University of Barcelona and a master's in voice performance from the Royal Academy of Music. She coaches online and works with professionals, students and amateurs on creative blocks and limiting thoughts.
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 coach and the founder of RAW Acting Studio in Los Angeles. He coaches actors, writers, directors and other creatives, both in classes and one-on-one. He has worked with performers at every level, including Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominees. He trained for seven years at The Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City. He is also a working actor with film, TV, ad and stage credits.
Whitney Uland
Whitney Uland is a celebrity coach who helps actors, artists, creatives and influencers build fame. She is also an actor, writer and filmmaker with a BFA in musical theatre from a New York program. She signed with a top Hollywood agency after she learned to build what she calls Celebrity Energy. She now teaches that skill through courses, a 6-month mentorship and private coaching. She hosts the How to Be Famous podcast.
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.
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.
Amy Schloerb
Amy Schloerb is a life coach who helps actors with mindset, confidence and mindfulness. He has worked as a professional actress for 20 years in TV, film and commercials. He also produced his own award-winning web series. He coaches under the name The Aligned Actor and uses mindfulness and neuro-linguistic programming. His work centers on auditions, self-doubt and the ups and downs of an acting career.
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.
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.
Nicole Miller McDaniel
Nicole Miller McDaniel is a career and performance coach in the Atlanta area. She helps high-achieving professionals, performing artists, athletes and founders who feel stuck, burned out or unfulfilled. Nicole is a licensed professional counselor and a Board Certified Coach. Her coaching is directive and solution-focused. She uses psychology-backed strategies to move clients from inaction to action. Sessions run 50 minutes and can be virtual or in person on request.
Cora Flora
Cora Flora is a transformational and creativity coach who works with healers, creatives and spiritual teachers. She is also a musician, and she brings sound, singing and card readings into her sessions. Clients can add ceremony facilitation to their coaching packages. Her sessions start with the client's intention and a prayer. Then they move into emotions, energy, body and life. She also gives graphic design support to some clients.
Jeremy Harper
Jeremy Harper is a technology and music production coach. He helps solopreneurs, professionals and creatives feel confident with the tools they use. He has over 10 years in IT and nearly two decades in audio, video and creative technology. He holds a music degree and certifications from Apple, Microsoft and Cisco. He has worked in both the UK and Australia. His goal in technology coaching is to make himself unnecessary, so clients solve their own problems.
Michelle L'amour
Michelle L'amour is a confidence coach who helps people build self-esteem, find their voice and stop people pleasing. She worked as a performer for over 3 decades, and she teaches from that stage experience. She runs Complete Confidence Coaching in Arizona and meets clients on video. She wrote a downloadable guide on authenticity for people pleasers. She also created the SPEAK method for using your voice in any situation.
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.
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.
Tracie Stanfield
Tracie Stanfield is a creative mentor and accountability coach for artists, dancers and other creatives. She is also an award-winning choreographer and producer in New York City. She founded SynthesisDANCE and co-directs Pipeline Dance Training. Her work has been commissioned in the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Russia and Latin America. She coaches early and mid-career artists on goals, routines and career plans through virtual sessions.
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.
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.
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 |
| Laura Gibert | Musicians and performers and Mental toughness | $105 to $190 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 | $110 to $200 an hour |
| Whitney Uland | Musicians and performers and High performers | $80 to $155 an hour |
| Kiley Ellefson | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $125 to $250 an hour |
| Kika Cicmanec | Athletes and sports and Musicians and performers | $200 to $300 an hour |
| Amy Schloerb | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $80 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 |
| Emily Maguire | Musicians and performers | $70 to $130 an 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.