Celeste Oram is a composer from Aotearoa New Zealand whose works encompass instrumental writing, song & speech, electronics, visual media, theatre, and improvisation. Celeste’s work has been recognised by the 2017 CANZ Trust Fund Award, nominations for the 2020 & 2014 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, and the 2016 Kranichstein Composition Prize from the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music.

Celeste's works have been made via the support & performances of musicians & ensembles including the Royal Danish Ballet & Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, NZSO National Youth Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (UK), NZTrio, Fonema Consort (NY), Arcus Collective (NY), Longleash (NY), wasteLAnd (LA), Autoduplicity (LA), Steven Schick (CA), Stephen de Pledge (NZ), Callithumpian Consort (Boston), Song Company (Sydney), Sydney Piano Trio; and presented at festivals including the Darmstadt Summer Courses, the New Zealand International Arts Festival, SICPP at the New England Conservatory, soundSCAPE festival (Maccagno, Italy), and the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

A lifelong choral musician, Celeste has served as director of the University of California San Diego Chamber Singers, and assistant director of the San Diego Women’s Chorus. She has performed with chamber choirs including Pro Arte Voices (San Diego), the Graduate Choir (Auckland), and is a founding member of Neotectonic, an Auckland vocal ensemble specialising in both early and contemporary music.