English born soprano Cheryl Brendish is known for her ability to combine beautiful lyrical singing with real stage presence and theatrical ability.  Based in Cornwall, Cheryl regularly performs throughout the South West in recitals, concerts, guest appearances and on the operatic stage.

Cheryl was destined to be a performer from a very young age - regularly testing her lungs to maximum capacity to attract maximum attention, thus perfecting her 'Diva' status!  It is said that she sang before she could speak; at the tender age of seven, with a broken arm, Cheryl tasted her first success winning her class in the Mansfield Music Festival, England, singing Thomas Arne's "Where the bee sucks" adjudicated by Constance eighth.

Having experienced success, Cheryl wanted more! Relentlessly requesting singing lessons (even sacrificing her idea of keeping a horse at the bottom of the garden in the shed!) Cheryl soon auditioned with Pamela Cook, MBE and her world-renowned girls choir, Cantamus.  Cheryl sang with Cantamus for five years and has very fond memories and several extremely interesting stories of those formative years - performing in international competitions in Poland, Switzerland, Vienna and Wales. 

Current Hot stuff!

                                              Summer Soiree
                                 Saturday 14 August 2010
                                                at
                                       The Old Vicarage
                                         Mylor Bridge


On Saturday 14 August  from 7.00pm Cheryl will join Kay Deeming (soprano) and John Hobbs (Baritone) to perform a very special evening of music from opera to operetta via a little jazz and blues in a celebration of summer in aid of the St Mylor Churchyard Restoration Fund. 

Accompanied on the piano by composer and Musical Director of Duchy Opera, Paul Drayton, the evening offers an opportunity to experience, and get a taste for, live opera as well as gathering with friends to enjoy picnics, drinks and conversation with the beautiful Mylor Harbour in the distance.

The Summer Soiree begins at 5.45pm, when the gardens open for you to bring along and enjoy your own picnic in the grounds of the Old Vicarage. The performance will begin at 7pm, followed by cake and coffee which is included in the ticket price.

Tickets are £12 and can be purchased in advance by calling 01326 376275 or 01326 377189

For more information about where you can hear Cheryl sing, please go to Schedule.

© Cheryl Brendish 2006