Judith Sherman


Judith Dorothy Sherman is an American audio engineer, and record producer. She has been nominated for 15 Grammy Awards and won 10 including for Producer Of The Year, Classical five times. She has worked with contemporary composers on recordings including Steve Reich, Elliot Carter, John Adams, John Corigliano, and Phillip Glass. Notable artists she has worked with include the Alexander String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, 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 Leukens Smith and William Paul Leukens. 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 in 1971. After graduating, Sherman worked for Edd Kalehoff 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. In 1976, she started Judith Sherman Productions, where she has worked since as a freelance recording engineer and producer.
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. 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. She is married to violinist Curtis Macomber.
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.

Awards

She was awarded the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award in 2009.