Music/The Arts Is A Profession!

I took a vocal class with Cherie through the Urban Music Farm about 2 years ago, and it was amazing. I’m a guitarist and sing a little bit, but had always wanted to explore whether I could actually make my voice stronger through coaching or whether I was just one of those guitarists who should step away from the microphone.
Well, I am pleased to say that in just the few short weeks of the UMF class, Cherie’s lessons on vocal exercises, breathing, and mouth technique changed my voice. I am a stronger singer, have better tone, and am much more confident than I was before taking her class. I will never front a band, but my backup singing is often commented on positively and I can rock the karaōke mic (at least in the right key wheelhouse!) standing up straight and forming my mouth around my breath correctly.
Thanks Cherie! Keep up the good work. I hope to learn more from you one day soon!

I’ve worked with Cherie now for almost a decade and I cannot stress how much she has changed not only my perceptions but the lives and careers of many. I produced several individual concerts for her, solo acts, and a few outdoor events. Cherie is what one calls a consummate performer, leads the audience, has a deep soul which she shares with the crowd, works silently and intuitively with the stage or sound crew, and transmits energy and the goodness that is both music and the human spirit.
I also provided sound and set-​up support for a multimedia all-​day event Cherie created and produced. Video and sync sound as well as a live stage with a back line Cherie had personally worked to get. The funding was also coordinated by Cherie. The whole concept of an entertainment «event» with food, drink, live multiple act music and live video taping was a demonstration project which Cherie created to show the whole gamut of possibilities in the world of Music/​The Arts Is A Profession.
And, by that Cherie means that part of the world of performance and music is attention to cost and income and overall economic growth. Building a reputation and working the smaller venues and then a few shared larger act events is what Cherie has been teaching by doing for at least a decade now. Building your repertoire and expanding your audience and repeat venues is the foundation which Cherie knows inside-​out (having done all of it herself very successfully).
Cherie gives back to the community, too, in a way that matters the most — by handing the keys to self-​fulfillment and self-​actualization to the youth. I was a guest participant as sound engineer for a summer program Cherie led at the Meadowbrook Teen Life Center. She rounded up two percussionists, a scratch DJ, herself as a vocalist and spent part of the summer molding a group of about ½ a dozen teens into a self-​assured, coherent musical group who produced a copyrighted original piece at the end.
Cherie knows what she’s doing and brings an insight and passion to Music — as a profession and as a gift she has. Did I say she can sing a mean blues tune or make you get out of your seat with some foot-​dancing soul? Well, she can do that too!
Highly recommended.