Christabel Heasman-Cossins has worked professionally as a contemporary commercial music (CCM) singer since leaving school. Her extensive performance experience spans roles as a session singer, lead vocalist and band leader, backing vocalist, top-line writer, voice-over artist, and band agent, working across genres including soul, pop, dance, and jazz.
Alongside her singing career, Christabel has worked as a vocal coach for over 20 years, delivering 1:1 coaching, teaching in schools and performing arts institutions, and leading amateur and community choirs. She currently divides her time between private vocal tuition, choir leadership, and ongoing professional performance work.
In addition to her work in music, Christabel is also involved in her family’s business, Indian Summer, a well-established restaurant in Brighton, UK—where she leads on brand and interiors design and occasionally works front of house. In addition to her work in music, Christabel is the founder of WHOLE Coaching, a transformational coaching framework that supports individuals and organisations in reconnecting with what matters, letting go of outdated identities and unhelpful patterns, and cultivating the clarity, courage, and psychological flexibility to live and lead with deeper alignment.
The framework is structured around five core principles: What (identifying what truly matters), Honest (cultivating honest awareness of inner experience), Ownership (taking responsibility for choice and change), Live what matters (turning values into action), and Embodiment (integrating change at a felt, behavioural level).
Christabel holds a BA in Humanities (University of Brighton), a PGCert in Professional Practice (Vocal Pedagogy) (Cardiff Met), an MA in Contemporary War and Peace Studies (University of Sussex), and an MA in Performance Coaching for Performing Artists (University of Wales Trinity St David). She is currently on the Pathway to PhD by publication with the Voice Study Centre.
She is a member of the British Voice Association and the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
ORCiD: 0009-0003-0568-3103
Published Research:
Heasman-Cossins, C., Winter, D., & Juncos, D. (2025). Using Vocal Improvisation Within the Vocal Coaching Studio to Mitigate Music Performance Anxiety: An Exploratory Study of Three Cases. Music & Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043251327047 (Original work published 2025)