She received her training in choral conducting from Ildikó Herboly Kocsár and Peter Erdei during two years of study in Hungary.
She subsequently continued her studies with Gerhard Markson and earned a Masters in Conducting from NUI Maynooth.
Under Sherlock's direction the Chamber Choir was the Conservatory's first ensemble to record a CD when Carols for Christmas was released to great acclaim in December 2000.
Sherlock and the UDCS released their first CD, the late Brian Boydell's Under No Circumstances, composed in honour of the choir's 150th anniversary in 1987.
[6] In April 2006 Sherlock was the first conductor to bring the UDCS to the National Concert Hall where it performed to a full house.