cheryl b. engelhardt
2x GRAMMY®-Nominated Composer and Recording Artist
Where delicate meets epic.
Emotive piano, lush vocal arrangements and orchestrations.
Albums and singles
The records
The reason I create music - usually while I'm having some sort of experience like traveling cross country on a train or on a French mountain top - is to create an environment where listeners have their own experience.
cheryl b. engelhardt
Film & TV Composer
A keen sense of musical humor.
A GRAMMY®-nominated artist, composer, and producer who also knows her way around a film score, a Broadway musical, or a New Age mindfulness record?
Playful on the piano and a magician with vocals, the New Yorker blends poignant melodies with pop production and technical proficiency with clever yet soul-touching lyricism.
This is what you get with Cheryl at your composing helm.
Also on the menu: recent commercial work, comedy (sound-alikes, mash-ups, web series scores), and trailer music. Watch the Commercial & Branding Reel
Explore film & TV workChoral Composer
When the choir feels it, the audience hears it.
Her commissioned pieces often end up being the glue that makes an entire program flow.
She is the Chair of Repertoire & Resources for the American Choral Directors Association East for Contemporary / Commercial Music and a governor for the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy.
The Listening
SSATB, with solo, rap, and optional children's choir. 2022 Recipient of The American Prize in Virtual Recordings, 3rd Place. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King's 1967 speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence," the recording premiered in People Magazine and was featured by Harper's Bazaar and The Hill.
Browse choral scores & commissions
Musical Theater
Boiler Room Girls
Boiler Room Girls is an audacious new musical by director and writer Kevin Archambault and GRAMMY-nominated composer Cheryl B. Engelhardt. This mystery-meets-social-commentary examines the humanity behind ambition, privilege, and competition.
Book by Kevin Archambault · Music & Lyrics by Cheryl B. Engelhardt
Hear the audio demos
Hello, I'm Cheryl.
I’ve been a musician for as long as I can remember. It wasn't always neo-classical or New Age (or was it???) - but I've made music for commercials, trailers, films, meditation apps, and social justice choirs plus my own four pop records, all before landing inside the New Age and Classical Crossover genres.
The reason I create music - usually while I'm having some sort of experience like traveling cross country on a train or on a French mountain top - is to create an environment where listeners have their own experience.
Four fun facts:
- I'm left-handed.
- I am a certified trauma-informed success coach and mentor musicians one on one and in my mastermind AMPLIFY.
- My first job post-college was SCUBA diving for the USGS.
- The top I wore to the 2023 GRAMMYs was made up of my fans' signatures, so I could bring them to the red carpet too.
I'd be tickled pink if you got yourself on the e-list to keep in touch, as I promise to keep things interesting!
Lots of love from a gal who's out to prove that anything is possible,
xo Cheryl
"Creating music, for me, is about experience (mine, my collaborators', and the listeners') embodying three things: the intention, the process, and the impact.
If I am bringing clarity of vision and the energy of partnership, creativity, and self-expression to every project, the result will be some type of positive experience, different for everyone, but impactful nonetheless."
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Cheryl B. Engelhardt
Watch Cheryl's "behind-the-scenes" short films...
According to the Moon was a complete collaboration - the video includes a brief interview with its creators. "Quantum Equivalent" is a next-level epic composition for the Billboard-charting group Dallas String Quartet. Next, The Passenger is truly a one-of-a-kind musical creation, part of the reason it garnered a GRAMMY® nomination in 2022. Watch the beautiful video of how it all came together in under four months in the midst of grief, a pandemic peak, and winter storms.
Then take a peek at the making of Cheryl's second new age album, "A Seeker's Slumber", a followup to the award-winning and chart-topping "Luminary", which was released July 23rd, 2021 to beautiful reviews, press, and again, hitting #1 on global Amazon, iTunes, and Bandcamp sales charts for weeks on end.
And lastly, watch the "making of" video for "Luminary" and go on a trip through a small abandoned mountain town in Greece where Cheryl attended a composer residency and discovered her new home in the New Age genre.
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Cheryl hates spam and didn't pack any on this trip. She certainly won't be sending you any.
Contact
Send Cheryl a Message
Looking for a specific kind of piece? Interested in possibly collaborating? Email Cheryl and get a response within 24 hours.
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Press inquiries: DIY Public Relations, Inc. · [email protected]
