Sheri Schifter

Sheri Schifter Banyar is an American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer. She grew up in Silver Spring Maryland, the older of two children, and her parents Carol, an attorney, and Ken, a computer expert at E.P.A. fostered her love of theater. Sheri began studying voice at the age of 14 after being hand-picked from a summer theater program by vocal teacher and artistic director, Richard Hartzell. A natural high soprano, she quickly learned how to use her chest voice and connect through the mix, and shortly thereafter performed in the Cohan Octet, a special ensemble at the National Theater in Washington D.C., which was later named The Young Americans of Washington. She spent the next 3 years performing with the ensemble all over the D.C. metropolitan area, and began her professional career as a singer-dancer and emcee at Six Flags and Petrucci's Dinner Theater at age 17.