CHERYL FALK’s distinguished career as an artistic director and master teacher links the standards of highly aesthetic performances with the goals of music education. Falk is well known in the recording world for her artistic vocal and choral arrangements. A highly decorated lyricist with success writing everything from commercial jingles to award winning songs. With hundreds of successful projects under her belt including billboard chart toppers, she is sought after as both a producer and arranger. She began her professional singing career in college at Seattle Pacific University. She sang with Seattle Opera for several years, then performed as a singer/dancer with the Fifth Avenue. She received undergraduate degrees in both Vocal Performance and Music Education. After college she immediately began instructing in public schools as both a classroom and private vocal teacher. In the meantime, she completed a fifth year masters degree program in Music Education. She began teaching at the college level but found her true niche with children.

ASHLEY SUN has formerly been on our staff as a choreographer, Assistant Director, and has worked under the tutelage of Cheryl Falk for the last decade. Before that, she was a student in the program and has either taught or performed in herself, every show on our docket! She graduated with her Undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and later earned her Master’s in Teaching at Western Governor’s University. She is endorsed in both Elementary Education and Music, has taught Kindergarten, Elementary Music, and is now home at Island Choral Experience to continue working with the wonderful families of this organization.

AUDREY SUN was also a former member of the program for nearly a decade, beginning in Prep Choir at age 8, through to graduating high school. She has joined the team after graduating from the University of Washington this past June, with a degree in Human Centered Design and Engineering. She will be assisting with all aspects of the program both artistically, administratively, and especially to move us further with the integration of technology to take this program to new heights!