Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Initially finding success as a singer, most notably for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing," earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He later expanded to compositions for motion pictures and the Broadway stage, such as the successful musical, Spring Awakening, where he won multiple Tonys and a Grammy.
Discipline:
Music Composition
Duncan Sheik
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2007
More:
www.duncansheik.com
Studios
MacDowell
Duncan Sheik worked in the MacDowell studio.
Built in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed walls were intended to be soundproof. Like many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the 1950s when the program began welcoming…