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All About Laura Sherman

Dr. Laura Sherman is a Miami-based harpist with extensive experience in classical, popular and commercial music. In 2019, she relocated to Miami from New York City, where she was a popular performer, teacher, writer and editor for thirty-four years, including fifteen as the original harpist with the Broadway production of "Wicked." She can also be heard on the “Hamilton” Broadway Cast Recording, as well as on recordings of Barbra Streisand, Meredith Monk, and numerous film scores. Dr. Sherman founded Gotham Harp Publishing in 2012, specializes in playing J.S. Bach’s music on the pedal harp, and is a frequent writer and guest editor for a number of harp publications.

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Selected Music Performances

2021- Present

Principal Harp

Palm Beach Symphony

2021- present

Florida Grand Opera

Principal Harp

2021-Present

Principal Harp

Nu Deco Ensemble

2021-Present

Principal Harp

Symphony of the Americas

2021-Present

Substitute

Miami Symphony Orchestra

2021-Present

Guest

The Last Hundred Ensemble (new music)

2015 - Present

Principal Harp

Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1999 - Present

Lecturer

Lecture-recitals & masterclasses on Bach and the Harp

1989 - Present

Principal Harp

Opera North Music Festival (New Hampshire)

2003 - 2019

Principal Harp

WICKED, Broadway

2003-2017

Substitute

New York City Ballet Orchestra

2002-2016

Substitute

American Symphony Orchestra

2003-2017

Substitute

Greenwich Symphony Orchestra (Connecticut)

2015;2020

Guest

Andrea Bocelli: Tampa, 2020; Historic concert at Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic, 2015.

2015

Harp

BOMBSHELL in Concert

2014

Harp

Tony Awards Orchestra, Broadway

2006-2013

Harp

Barbra Streisand, National & International tours

1998 - 1999

Principal Harp

Broadway: Peter Pan

1999 - 2003

Substitute

Broadway: 42nd Street, Music Man, Oklahoma, Thoroughly  Modern Millie, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast

1995 - 1997; 2022

Harp

New World Symphony, Miami, Florida

1992 -1997

Harp

Spoleto Festival, Spoleto, Italy.

1992 - 1996

Harp

Spoleto Festival, Charleston, S.C.

1886 - 1988

Harp

International tour of Broadway shows: A Chorus Line, Evita, 42nd Street.

Recordings

2023

Recording

The Fantasticks, first complete studio recording, Jay Records, forthcoming

2018

Recording

Hamildrop "Cheering for Me Now"

2017

Hamilton Instrumentals

Recording

2016

Recording

Hamilton Mixtape

2015

Recording

Hamilton Broadway Cast Recording

2015

Recording

Meredith Monk On Behalf of Nature

2015

Recording

Terry Barber, counter-tenor, Christmas Presence

2015

Film Score

Christine

2014

Recording

Marvin Makes Music, Marvin Hamlisch’s children’s book and recording

2013

Recording

Let it Snow, pop star Jewel

2012

Film Score

A Family Fitzgerald Christmas, Edward Burns film, P.T. Walkley composer

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2009

Recording

The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh film, Marvin Hamlisch composer

2009

Solo Recording

This Place I Know, Stephanie J. Block

2008

DVD

Streisand: The Concerts

2007

Recording

Streisand Live

2004

Recording

Wicked Broadway Cast Recording

Selected Features

2023

Masterclass

“Beauty of the Harp,” Zoom Bach masterclass

2023

Podcast

"Harp Tales: Stories from Behind the Strings" podcast with Ariadna Demkov and Marti Ann Moreland, inaugural interview

2023

American Harp Society video interview about the 2023 AHS Competition, forthcoming

Interview

2021

Interview

Podcast Interview “Life in the Pit”

Education

1997

MM, DMA

University of Michigan: Master's of Music in Music Theory & Doctorate of Musical Arts in Harp Performance

1995

Tureck-Bach Research Institute, Oxford, England

Fellowship

1993

MM

Yale University: Master's of Music in Harp Performance

1990

BM

Queens College (City University of New York): Bachelor of Music in Harp Performance

Teaching

2021; 2023

Judge

American Harp Society National Competition

2019 - 2023

Frost School of Music | University of Miami: Lecturer in Harp, Music Theory & Chamber Music

Lecturer

2000 - 2003

Adjunct Professor

Hunter College (CUNY): Adjunct Professor of Harp & Music Studies

1998 - 1999

Assistant Professor

Louisiana State University: Assistant Professor of Harp & Music Studies

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