Cheryl Engelhardt

Cheryl B. Engelhardt is a composer and singer/songwriter with dozens of film scores, national commercial jingles including Honey Nut Cheerios, Lysol, and Lowes, and song placements on shows like "So You Think You Can Dance" under her belt. She produced and released four piano-pop records, with songs from each winning her accolades in Keyboard Magazine, Billboard and Music Connection. In 2011, she founded CBE Music, a music creation and branding company that provides original music and branding strategy to small businesses, brands, films and web content providers with a client roster that includes CollegeHumor.com, Vimeo, and Starbucks.

Cheryl has toured throughout Europe and the United States with her band supporting her records (a la Sara Bareilles, Alanis, Lourde). She has over 40 TV and commercial placements of her 50+ songs and is currently seeking her next partner in publishing. Cheryl is working on a solo-piano record, showcasing her first loves: piano and arrangements (both vocal and orchestral).

In 2013, after losing her musical influence (her father), Cheryl took a close look at her motivation in following a musical career path. She discovered strong purpose in providing a space for self-expression through partnership, which has led her to work on releasing her fourth record, "Inevitably", a collaboration project where most of the performances are duets. This newfound purpose also led Cheryl to enthusiastically support other musicians in crafting their ideal careers through workshops and courses on her website In The Key Of Success, the most popular being her 6-week course { MX4 } (The Marketing & Branding, Money-making, Mentorship Mastermind). She has spoken at SXSW, the ASCAP Expo, the Millennium Music Conference and many colleges including her alma mater, Cornell University. 

After graduating from Cornell, she studied orchestration at the Juilliard School of music and currently lives in New York with her mountain-guide husband.

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