Bio
Cheryl Duvall is a multi-faceted musician and pianist. She is active as a soloist, collaborative pianist, teacher and adjudicator and has toured and performed throughout Canada, Italy, England, Argentina, the Netherlands and the U.S. Ms. Duvall appears regularly as a collaborative pianist in the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society concert series and is the accompanist for the internationally renowned Oakville Children’s Choir. She is especially passionate about contemporary music, which has led her along with friend and violinist Ilana Waniuk, to co-found The Thin Edge New Music Collective, a Toronto based ensemble dedicated to fostering the creation and performance of 20th and 21st century music. She is also in high demand in Toronto as a collaborative pianist, working with all instrument types and vocalists.
Equally passionate about musical education, Ms. Duvall maintains a private piano studio in Toronto, presents workshops on aspects of piano pedagogy, runs a nursery school music program for children 10 months – 4 years old, and adjudicates competitive and non-competitive music festivals throughout Ontario. Cheryl continues to pursue artistic excellence by regularly attending professional development seminars, workshops and masterclasses. She has attended the Casalmaggiore Music Festival in Italy, the Palazzo Ricci masterclass series, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the World Piano Pedagogy Conference and held an artistic residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She was awarded a SSHRC grant for her pedagogical research on how to incorporate aspects of the Alexander Technique into lessons with beginner piano students. Ms. Duvall is a practitioner of the Alexander Technique and yoga and incorporates these philosophies into both her teaching and performing.
Ms. Duvall completed an Honours Bachelor of Music, majoring in Piano Performance and Theory and a Diploma of Chamber Music from Wilfrid Laurier University as well as a Master’s of Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Toronto. Her main teachers and influences include Guy Few, Chris Foley, Midori Koga, Carmen Piazzinni, Henri-Paul Sicsic, Anya Alexeyev and Jamie Parker as well as the Penderecki String Quartet. She began her studies in Oshawa, Ontario under the tutelage of Jane Piersma and Anna Laird.