Bill Sherman
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Bill Sherman is an American composer, producer, arranger, and orchestrator. He is known for his work on In the Heights, Hamilton, and Sesame Street. Sherman is also a member of Team Supreme that co-hosts the Questlove Supreme podcast.
Biography
Sherman was born in New York to Susan B. Sherman and Dr. Fredrick T. Sherman.{{cite web |title=Kristen Kirkland and Bill Sherman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/fashion/weddings/22kirkland.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=11 February 2020 |date=20 March 2009}} Sherman graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 2002.{{cite web |title=More Notable Alumni - About - Wesleyan University |url=https://www.wesleyan.edu/about/alumni_more.html |website=www.wesleyan.edu |accessdate=11 February 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506085345/https://wesleyan.edu/about/alumni_more.html |url-status=dead }} In 2003, he joined his roommate Lin-Manuel Miranda to form the freestyle rap group Freestyle Love Supreme,{{cite magazine |last1=Schulman |first1=Michael |title=The Beatboxing Brains of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Improv Group |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/21/the-beatboxing-brains-of-lin-manuel-mirandas-improv-group |accessdate=11 February 2020 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en}} while also working with Miranda to orchestrate and arrange the music for In the Heights.{{cite news |last1=McHenry |first1=Jackson |title=How Freestyle Love Supreme Made the 16-Year Journey to Broadway |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/freestyle-love-supreme-broadway-cast-photos.html |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=Vulture |date=13 September 2019 |language=en-us}} His work on In the Heights won him the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.{{cite news |title=2008 Tony Award Winners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/theater/theaterspecial/16tonylist.html |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 2008}}{{cite news |last1=Gans |first1=Andrew |title=In the Heights Cast Recording Wins Grammy; Hudson and LuPone-McDonald 'Mahagonny' Also Win |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/in-the-heights-cast-recording-wins-grammy-hudson-and-lupone-mcdonald-mahagonny-also-win-com-157800 |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=Playbill |date=8 February 2009 |language=en}} He collaborated again with Miranda to produce the Hamilton album, for which he won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.{{cite web |title=Bill Sherman |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/bill-sherman |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en |date=19 November 2019}}
Sherman is the musical director for several Sesame Workshop shows, including Sesame Street, for which he has written over 3000 songs.{{cite news |author1=Stage Tube |title=VIDEO: Bill Sherman Discusses His Work on SESAME STREET and His Responsibility to the Children on TODAY |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Bill-Sherman-Discusses-His-Work-on-SESAME-STREET-and-His-Responsibility-to-the-Children-on-TODAY-20190303 |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=3 March 2019 |language=en}} He has won three Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Original Song – Children’s and Animation" for his work on Sesame street: "What I Am" in 2011,{{cite press release |title=Oh, What a Day! |url=https://www.ascap.com/playback/2011/06/action/daytime_emmys.aspx |accessdate=11 February 2020 |work=www.ascap.com |date=22 June 2011}} "The Power of Yet" in 2015,{{cite press release |title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS {{!}} The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |url=http://emmyonline.com/day_42nd_creative_arts_winners |website=emmyonline.com |publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |accessdate=11 February 2020 |date=24 April 2015}} and "A Song About Songs" in 2018.{{cite press release|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_nominations_v02.pdf |title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS {{!}} The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |website=emmyonline.com |publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |accessdate=11 February 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.popmusicmisery.com/about.html}}
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Category:American record producers
Category:Wesleyan University alumni
Category:American music arrangers
Category:20th-century American composers
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Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners
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