Cheryll Chung is the 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.

Cheryll is a firm believer in arts education and helping her students develop a love of the arts through integrated music making. She is on faculty at the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy, the Glenn Gould School, and at the Oscar Peterson School at the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she conducts, teaches piano and vocal coaches.  She has held leadership roles with the York Region District School Board, Heliconian Choir and Orchestra, and the Canadian Children’s Opera Company.

She is a clinician and adjudicator within the choral and piano community, working with schools, international competitions and community based groups. She is the guest clinician at this year’s Junior Treble Festival hosted by the Mississauga Children’s Choir, recently led a reading of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor with CAMMAC and was adjudicator for the Sea to Sky International Piano Competition hosted by Steinway and Sons (2023) and the Crescendo International Music Competition (2023). Cheryll has also been featured in Chorus America "Voices" journal, the WholeNote and the Toronto Star.

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 has also received scholarships to work with Simon Carrington and Helmuth Rilling at the Yale Norfolk Chamber Choir and Choral Conducting Workshop, and the Oregon Bach Festival. Her mentors are Dr. Doreen Rao, and Maestro Raffi Armenian. 

Cantabile Chamber Singers is a non-profit, Toronto-based chamber choir, formed in 2006 with the purpose of raising social awareness through music, music education and promoting living Canadian composers. The group is committed to enlightening audiences and attracting a new generation of Canadians to the resonance and enrichment of choral music through a combination of informed interpretation and innovative programming. They believe in engaging with cultural diversity through our programming and outreach. Cantabile has collaborated with choirs and orchestras in the GTA, and commissioned works by local Canadian composers such as Dr. Kevin Lau, Saman Shahi, and Dr. Laura Sgroi.

Cantabile has toured across Canada, participated in various international festivals and has been featured in some print publications such as the WholeNote magazine, Choirs Ontario, and Chorus America “Voices” journal. Their album "Chansons" is available on Apple Music and Spotify!