Cheryl Norman-Brick has performed in major venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Mann Auditorium in Israel and the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully and Avery Fisher halls. Her numerous honors include first prize in the Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego awards program, as well as an artist grant and Premier Prix avec félicitations from the Conservatory of Lausanne in Switzerland.

As the winner of the Millennium Rome Festival Concerto Competition, Cheryl gave a series of five recitals, as well as a concerto appearance in Rome. In 2001, she was invited to the Maud Powell Festival in Illinois, where she served as recitalist, teacher, concertmaster and soloist with the Maud Powell Festival Orchestra. There, Cheryl was honored with the Emerging Artist Award.

In 2003, she recorded her first solo album in Mexico City, featuring unaccompanied violin works by Ysaÿe, Bach and Hindemith. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from USC, where she studied with Alice Schoenfeld. She also received a Diploma of Virtuosity from the Conservatory of Lausanne and a Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Stonybrook.

Cheryl joined the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in 2005. She has been a member of the Pacific Symphony and principal second violin of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. Cheryl frequently performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has joined them on six national and international tours, including an eight-city domestic tour under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel in May 2010. Active in the motion picture industry, she recently performed on the soundtracks of The Help, The Smurfs, and The Lucky One. Cheryl’s private teaching studio is The Valencia Suzuki School of Violin and Piano.

Cheryl lives in Valencia with husband Dan, who works for DreamWorks Animation, and their children Kayla, Kyle and Kristina.

photo Michael Burke