Cheryl Pickering

Cheryl Pickering is a director, creative producer and singer, with a current focus on cross-art form and socially engaged classical vocal music performance. Cheryl is Artistic Director of Various People Inc, was inaugural Chair of Chamber Music Adelaide, and was selected as a member of the 2014 cohort of Australia Council Emerging Leaders. Cheryl has separate tertiary qualifications in psychology, English literature and vocal pedagogy, and received an Australia Postgraduate Award for her recent PhD submission exploring ethics, authenticity and aesthetics in the creation of socio-political multi-art form work.

Cheryl’s creative and performance work in the UK and Australia ranges from intimate performances to large productions with both professional and community performers, in opera, concert, theatre and multi-art form events. As Chair of Chamber Music Adelaide, Cheryl created the award-winning annual event On The Terrace, attracting over 1200 people each day to curated chamber music performances within Adelaide’s four North Terrace cultural institutions.

Cheryl recently acted as Associate Director to Neil Armfield on the highly acclaimed premiere of Watershed (Joe Twist, Alana Valentine, Christos Tsiolkas) in the Adelaide Festival of Arts.

She is a sought after and highly regarded singing teacher, and lectures in classical voice and performance at the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide.