Judith Sherman

{{short description|American audio engineer, and record producer}}

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Judith Dorothy Sherman (born November 12, 1942) is an American audio engineer, and record producer. She has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and won 14 including for Producer Of The Year, Classical seven times (in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2022, and 2023).{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/judith-sherman|title=Judith Sherman|date=2019-02-15|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2019-02-17}} She has worked with contemporary composers on recordings including Steve Reich, Elliot Carter, John Adams, John Corigliano, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/judithsherman/|title=Judith Sherman|website=New Music USA|access-date=2019-02-17}} Notable artists she has worked with include the Alexander String Quartet, Kronos Quartet (Nuevo), Pacifica Quartet, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Quartet.

Early life and career

Sherman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1942 to LaVerne Luekens Smith{{Cite web|url=http://www.metzlerviolins.com/perlegeorge%3Atriptych-for-violin-and-piano/dp/22164|title=Perle,George:Triptych for Violin & Piano : Thomas Metzler Violin Shop|website=www.metzlerviolins.com|access-date=2019-02-17|archive-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217201052/http://www.metzlerviolins.com/perlegeorge:triptych-for-violin-and-piano/dp/22164|url-status=dead}} and William Paul Luekens.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} She attended Valparaiso University where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in 1964. She received a Master of Fine Arts from State University of New York (Buffalo) in 1971.{{Cite web|url=http://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/alumni/college-matters/alumni-pride.html|title=Alumni Pride|website=arts-sciences.buffalo.edu|access-date=2019-02-17}} After graduating, Sherman worked for Edd Kalehoff (professionally known as "Edward at the Moog"{{Cite journal|date=July 11, 1970|title=Selling Sounds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|journal=Billboard Magazine|volume=82|issue=28}}) in 1971-1972 in New York City. She went on to work for WBAI in New York, where she started as an engineer and worked her way up to producer and music director. Sherman also had an interest in literature. Together with Charles Ruas, WBAI's Drama and Literature Director, she produced a program on E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime,{{Cite web |title=Ragtime / by E.L. Doctorow ; interviewed by Judith Sherman and Charles Ruas. {{!}} Pacifica Radio Archives |url=https://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/bc2984?nns=judith+sherman |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.pacificaradioarchives.org |language=en}} and for then-major writer, Donald Barthelme, programs on each of his works up to 1975.{{Cite web |title=Search Our Collection {{!}} Pacifica Radio Archives |url=https://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/keyword-search?search_api_views_fulltext=judith+sherman+barthelme |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.pacificaradioarchives.org |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=WBAI Radio (New York |first=N. Y. ) |url=https://archive.org/details/wbaifolio76wbairich/page/4/mode/2up |title=WBAI folio |date=1976 |publisher=New York : WBAI |others=Pacifica Radio Archives}} In 1976, she started Judith Sherman Productions, where she has worked since as a freelance recording engineer and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://asq4.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/meet-producer-judith-sherman/|title=Meet Producer Judith Sherman|last=asq4|date=2012-06-15|website=The Alexander String Quartet|access-date=2019-02-17}}

Sherman was the summer recording engineer for the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont from 1976 to 1994. She was audio faculty at the Banff Centre in 2006 and 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/thebanffcentre/docs/instudio_magazine_spring_summer2018|title=InStudio Magazine Spring/Summer 2018|website=Issuu|date=4 April 2018 |access-date=2019-02-17}} She has served on the board of directors for Chamber Music America.

Personal life

Sherman was married to Grammy-winning record producer Max Wilcox. The marriage ended in divorce.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/arts/music/max-wilcox-dead.html|title=Max Wilcox, Grammy-Winning Record Producer, Dies at 88|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=2017-01-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-17|issn=0362-4331}} She is married to violinist Curtis Macomber.{{Cite book|title=What happened to me : my life with books, research libraries, and performing arts|last=H.|first=Stam, David|date=2014|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781491861493|location=[Bloomington, Ind.]|oclc=875295930}}

After the death of her mother, Sherman commissioned composer George Perle to write a piece in her mother's memory. Triptych for Violin & Piano premiered January 27, 2003 in New York City.