While earning a Bachelor of Music from the renowned Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University, she was a sought-after composer for the theatre department. After graduation, Ms. Sherman was accepted to study composition, orchestration and opera with Thea Musgrave in Santa Barbara, California. At the age of twenty two, she became composer in residence with The Illusion Theater Company in Minneapolis, composing scores, performing and touring with their productions. Her music caught the attention of conductor William McGlaughlin, who conducted two of her works “Sea Changes” and “The Moon Piece” with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.