Her father, a piano teacher and church choirmaster, encouraged her to sing and to learn to play the piano.
Thereafter, he was organist, choirmaster and preacher at the abbey.
He also served as choirmaster and teacher, and compiled anthologies of sacred and secular partsongs.
Her father was an engineer in the steel industry, and also an amateur singer and choirmaster.
Niedermeyer, whose goal was to produce qualified organists and choirmasters, focused on church music.
Cherrier was choirmaster there from 1813 to 1819.
His father was an organist and choirmaster and the first teacher of his son.
He was choirmaster there from 1531 until his death in 1547.
