Sherri was born in Queens, New York and
grew up in New England, Pennsylvania and
Washington D.C. Her musical background
began at the age of six when she started
studying piano. A few years later Sherri
picked up the trumpet and became a
band nerd at school. Around the same
time her studies in piano turned classical.
Sherri's childhood was heavily based in
music, playing the piano during church
services and numerous summer music
camps. She began accompanying her
school's choirs in seventh grade, and later
for musical productions in high school. By
the time she'd graduated, her travels had
taken her to Norway and Sweden where
she performed on piano and sang with her
church choir. Sherri began writing music
at an early age, mostly songs for made-up
musicals, performed loudly in front of her
mirror. She was greatly moved by music
for movies, and it was due to the
influence of Michael Kamen's soundtrack
to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves that her
musical focus became composing for film
and television.
Sherri attended Jacksonville University
and received a Bachelor Degree in Music
Composition and Theory in 2001. Her
college career included piano, voice and
guitar studies. She won composition and
accompanying awards and gained
experience in piano teaching.
Sherri has taught piano full time at The
Jacksonville Piano Academy and
Schroeder's School of Music, while
performing original music with piano and
voice around the city of Jacksonville.
grew up in New England, Pennsylvania and
Washington D.C. Her musical background
began at the age of six when she started
studying piano. A few years later Sherri
picked up the trumpet and became a
band nerd at school. Around the same
time her studies in piano turned classical.
Sherri's childhood was heavily based in
music, playing the piano during church
services and numerous summer music
camps. She began accompanying her
school's choirs in seventh grade, and later
for musical productions in high school. By
the time she'd graduated, her travels had
taken her to Norway and Sweden where
she performed on piano and sang with her
church choir. Sherri began writing music
at an early age, mostly songs for made-up
musicals, performed loudly in front of her
mirror. She was greatly moved by music
for movies, and it was due to the
influence of Michael Kamen's soundtrack
to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves that her
musical focus became composing for film
and television.
Sherri attended Jacksonville University
and received a Bachelor Degree in Music
Composition and Theory in 2001. Her
college career included piano, voice and
guitar studies. She won composition and
accompanying awards and gained
experience in piano teaching.
Sherri has taught piano full time at The
Jacksonville Piano Academy and
Schroeder's School of Music, while
performing original music with piano and
voice around the city of Jacksonville.
Sherri's composition credits thus far
include a rewritten score for the 1925
version of The Phantom of the Opera, a
number of shorts and a feature horror
film. Directors Sherri has worked with
include Jacksonville Florida talents Scott
Abrams, Jeff Larson, and Sam Thompson.
Awards include Best Original Score,
awarded by The New York Midnight
Movie-making Madness Competition, for a
musical short, Insomnium Dementis (2006,
Scott Abrams). Sherri has composed
original scores for a number of student
films, including animation.
Additional compositional projects include
a number of art songs, instrumental
pieces and more popular works, ranging
from jazz to ragtime.
Sherri has produced two albums of
original music: Give Me The Keys (2005),
and No Small Thing (2007).
Additional performing credits include
musical accompanist for the comedy
shows at ImprovJacksonville, composing
music on the spot for their improvised
scenes, as well as a number of
performances with local musicians.
Sherri is a graduate of The Thornton
School of Music's Scoring for Motion
Picture and Television Graduate program
at the University of Southern California.
Sherri resides in Los Angeles, California
where she currently composes music for
film and musicals and works as an assistant
to a successful composer.
include a rewritten score for the 1925
version of The Phantom of the Opera, a
number of shorts and a feature horror
film. Directors Sherri has worked with
include Jacksonville Florida talents Scott
Abrams, Jeff Larson, and Sam Thompson.
Awards include Best Original Score,
awarded by The New York Midnight
Movie-making Madness Competition, for a
musical short, Insomnium Dementis (2006,
Scott Abrams). Sherri has composed
original scores for a number of student
films, including animation.
Additional compositional projects include
a number of art songs, instrumental
pieces and more popular works, ranging
from jazz to ragtime.
Sherri has produced two albums of
original music: Give Me The Keys (2005),
and No Small Thing (2007).
Additional performing credits include
musical accompanist for the comedy
shows at ImprovJacksonville, composing
music on the spot for their improvised
scenes, as well as a number of
performances with local musicians.
Sherri is a graduate of The Thornton
School of Music's Scoring for Motion
Picture and Television Graduate program
at the University of Southern California.
Sherri resides in Los Angeles, California
where she currently composes music for
film and musicals and works as an assistant
to a successful composer.
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