Cheryll Chung

Cheryll Chung is a Canadian conductor, educator, pianist, and collaborator, based in Toronto. She is Artistic Director and founder of the Cantabile Chamber Singers and is known for her innovative and diverse programming, as well as collaborating with and supporting the music of Canadian composers and mentoring young conductors.

As an educator, she is on faculty at The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists, The Glenn Gould School, and at The Oscar Peterson School at The Royal Conservatory of Music, where she conducts four choirs, teaches piano and vocal coaches.  She was also the Junior division head, and conductor of the Intermediate Chorus, and Youth Chorus at the Canadian Children’s Opera Company (2022-2024).

Cheryll is an active clinician and adjudicator within the choral and piano community, working with high school, community based, and elementary level ensembles. She recently was the adjudicator for the Sea to Sky International Piano Competition hosted by Steinway and Sons, and also the Crescendo International Music Competition (2023).

Cheryll holds a Master of Music in Conducting, and both a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto, where she was the Elmer Iseler Conducting Fellow, and a scholarship recipient for her work in music education. She was awarded a full scholarship when she studied at the Yale Norfolk Conducting Festival with Simon Carrington, and received a scholarship when she studied at the Oregon Bach Festival with Helmuth Rilling. Her mentors are Dr. Doreen Rao, and Maestro Raffi Armenian. She has also worked with Lydia Adams, Ivars Taurins, Matthew Halls, Dr. Julia Davids, and David Hayes.

Cheryll’s students have pursued music therapy, performance and music education as careers. Her students have also been awarded top prizes at local, provincial and international festivals, and they have been scholarship winners and recipients of The Royal Conservatory Examination’s Gold medal.