Cheryl Bains is an operatically trained Soprano and a crossover Composer-Performer. 

 

Raised in Singapore, Cheryl made her professional debut as a Soloist with Orchestra at the age of 14 in numerous successful concerts, most notably in repertoire such as Rutter’s

Mass of the Children (Singapore premiere) with the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Orchestra of the Music Makers under the baton of Maestro Joshua Kangming Tan and the mentorship of Madam Khor Ai Ming at the prestigious Esplanade Concert Hall. 

Spring 2026 saw her return to Singapore to sing the role of Christine Daaé in an original production based on Gaston Leroux's novel "The Phantom of the Opera" titled The Ghost of the National Theatre at the Esplanade Recital Studio.

 

 

Formerly based in Los Angeles on an artist visa, Cheryl is one of the few mentees of critically acclaimed Hollywood Composer, Arranger and Orchestrator, Ladd McIntosh.

 

A proud graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, Cheryl was well received in roles such as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Lakmé in Lakmé, and Maria in The Sound of Music in New York and Italy, as well as in repertoire such as Carissimi's Jepthe with the MSM Chamber Choir and Orchestra under the distinguished baton of Maestro Kent Tritle. 

 

Cheryl’s debut as a composer-performer also happened during her time at conservatory. Her innovative arrangements of traditional Indian music for a Western-Classical setting were choicely featured at MSM’s 15th Annual International Student Concert. 

 

Most recently in her home country, India, Cheryl composed and performed the world premiere of her original crossover opera, The Legend of the Goddess, to acclaim and in collaboration with Mumbai’s iconic Royal Opera House (and sponsored by Steinway & Sons India & Furtados Music), marking her first major compositional premiere. 

 

In India, Cheryl has had the privilege to be filmed and featured as a live performance art installation for BMW India. She has appeared with the South Asian Symphony Orchestra in Bangalore, under the baton of Maestra Maria Badstue as both a soloist and arranger and also with the Kolkata Sinfonietta Orchestra at the stately Victoria Memorial Hall, conducted by His Excellency Dider Talpain, the former French Consul General. Cheryl’s house debut at Mumbai’s Royal Opera House was as the featured performer for the historic first chapter of France’s “Les Entretiens de Royaumont” in India. 

 

In Delhi, it was a great honor for Cheryl to perform with the Indian Air Force Band for Italy’s National Day 2025 and 2026. Proud to be associated with Steinway & Sons India, Cheryl has also had the honor to inaugurate a new showroom in New Delhi, with a special Steinway-themed recital. She is grateful to be artistically associated with Steinway & Sons India, Furtados Music and The Neemrana Music Foundation. 

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This spring, Cheryl toured her concert project "Nuit d'étoiles" with an all-female Piano Quintet. With Cheryl as Soprano soloist, Composer, Orchestrator and Arranger, the tour’s first date was presented by the Consulate of France in Kolkata on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2026 at Kolkata’s illustrious Victoria Memorial Hall and traveled to Mumbai's iconic Prithvi Theatre. 

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Cheryl Bains is a proud alumna of the United World College, East Campus, Singapore.