About

Dr. Cheryl Cellon Lindquist is an American pianist, collaborator, coach and conductor. Renowned as a collaborative artist and soloist, Dr. Lindquist has performed with an array of singers, instrumentalists, choirs, chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. Currently residing in Dallas, she is the Artistic/Executive Director of the Art Song Center for Poets and Musicians. Her private coaching studio comprises numerous opera singers with both professional companies and apprentice programs, university faculty and students, chamber musicians, and amateurs.

An avid recitalist known for her sensitive artistry and versatility across a variety of musical styles, Dr. Lindquist has been lauded as an “excellent collaborator” and an “outstanding soloist with intricate passagework.” A champion of new music, she has worked with composers such as Jake Heggie, John Harbison, Tobias Picker and Michael Ching. She is passionate about connecting people through music across genres, performing repertoire ranging from opera and art song to musical theater, sacred and pop with artists including Eric Owens, René Barbera, Megan Marino, Andrew Garland, Tracy Thomas, Ann Moss, Larry Gatlin, George Strait and Tituss Burgess. Her debut solo piano recording project is slated for release in the Winter of 2023-24.

Dr. Lindquist has served on the staffs of Fort Worth Opera, Opera San Antonio, Austin Lyric Opera, American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS), Songfest, Académie Internationale d’Été de Nice, Opera Steamboat, and Taos Opera Institute in Taos, New Mexico. Previous academic appointments include Texas State University, Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of the Incarnate Word, the University of Texas Pan-American, the University of North Carolina-Pembroke, and the University of Florida.

Dr. Lindquist earned her D.M.A. and M.M. degrees in Piano Performance, with an emphasis in Chamber Music, Vocal Coaching and Accompanying from the Florida State University. She earned an M.M. in Conducting from the University of Florida.