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Early life

Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Sheik's upbringing was split between his grandparents' home in South Carolina and that of his parents in New Jersey. His grandmother, a piano graduate of The Juilliard School, taught him to play the piano and encouraged his musical development. Sheik graduated from the Eaglebrook School before attending Phillips Academy in 1988. He subsequently studied semiotics at Brown University. Map of Montclair Township in Essex County Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 kmÂ²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 kmÂ²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32Â° 2â€² N to 35Â° 13â€² N - Longitude... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Eaglebrook School is an independent junior boarding school for boys in Deerfield, Massachusetts. ... Phillips Academy (also known as Andover, Phillips Andover, or simply P.A.) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. ... Semiotics, semiotic studies, or semiology is the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ...

Career

Sheik began his professional musical career playing for other acts, including Liz and Lisa (with Lisa Loeb and Liz Mitchell), and played on His Boy Elroy's 1993 album. Through connections from fellow Brown alum Tracee Ellis Ross, Sheik's music and good looks gained the attention of executives at Atlantic Records. Duncan Sheik's eponymous debut album for Atlantic was certified Gold and spawned the 1996 hit single "Barely Breathing" in the US, which remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-setting 55 straight weeks. It also enjoyed lengthy stays on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts. In 1998, he was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Barely Breathing" but lost to Elton John's Candle In The Wind 1997. Lisa Anne Loeb (born 11 March 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and reality television star. ... Liz Mitchell, born in Clarendon, Jamaica, on July 12, 1952, was Boney Ms lead singer. ... Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein on October 29, 1972, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Duncan Sheik is the self-titled debut album by Duncan Sheik. ... Barely Breathing is the first single from singer-songwriter Duncan Sheiks self-titled debut. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1966. ...

A lay Buddhist, Sheik's involvement with Soka Gakkai has increased steadily over the years. In 2000, Sheik wrote the foreword to The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions by Soka Gakkai leader Daisaku Ikeda. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Soka Gakkai International or SGI is the umbrella organization for affiliate lay organizations in over 190 countries practicing a form of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. ... Daisaku Ikeda (æ± ç”°å¤§ä½œ, Ikeda Daisaku) (January 2, 1928â€“) is the president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association with about 15 million members in more than 190 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. ...

In his second album, 1998's Humming, Sheik experimented in the studio with meticulous string arrangements while keeping the haunted vocal sound of his first album. Additionally, on some tracks Sheik took a step away from his pop roots to address larger social issues. In fact, some songs are laced with biting anger. Some say that Sheik went to greater lengths to reflect his Buddhist faith after reaching certain popular success from his debut. Humming is the second album by Duncan Sheik. ...

Sheik's next record, 2001's Phantom Moon, was a collaboration with poet and writer Steven Sater, who Sheik met through his Soka Gakkai involvement. The two collaboratively created the album by each drawing inspiration from other's simultaneous work, with Sheik sending Sater music and Sater sending Sheik words. The album continued the melancholic tone of Sheik's previous work, and displayed his growing prowess as a composer and arranger. Phantom Moon is the third album by Duncan Sheik. ... Steven Sater is an American poet and playwright. ...

In 2002, Sheik made a brief commercial comeback with his album Daylight, including success with the singles "On A High" and "Half-Life". Eschewing the Nick Drake-like sound of Phantom Moon, Daylight featured a lighter, more modern sound with production effects and electronic backgrounds. Sheik indicated in interviews that the record was an attempt to create an album of pure pop songs. ^{[citation needed]} Daylight is the fourth album by Duncan Sheik. ... On A High is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik from his album Daylight. ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 â€“ November 25, 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ...

More recently, Sheik has moved into acting and even wrote the score for the 2004 film A Home at the End of the World, including two original songs for the film. The score was well received, even though the film was not. ^{[citation needed]} A Home at the End of the World is a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham, who also wrote the screenplay of the movie (directed by Michael Mayer). ...

Sheik's newest album, White Limousine, was released on January 24, 2006, on the Zoe Records label. The first single released from the album was the title track. Like its predecessor Daylight, subtle electronic influences are a hallmark of Sheik's fifth studio album, as well as many songs that are politically charged. The album is both Sheik's first to be released outside of what is now Warner Music Group, and his first with companion software on a DVD-ROM to remix individual album tracks. White Limousine is the fifth album by Duncan Sheik, his first for Zoe Records. ... Zoe Records is an independent record label. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. ...

Working continually with Steven Sater, Sheik wrote the music for the Tony award winning musical Spring Awakening over a period of eight years. The musical, which premiered off-Broadway in New York in May 2006, opened on Broadway to much critical acclaim in December 2006. Spring Awakening is based on the controversial German expressionist play Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. Sheik won two Tonys for his work on the musical —for Best Orchestration and Best Original Score (Music)—and the show won the Tony for Best Musical. Steven Sater is an American poet and playwright. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Spring Awakening is a Tony Award-winning musical which premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company on May 19, 2006 and closed August 17, 2006. ... The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893) which inspired 20th century Expressionists Portrait of Eduard Kosmack by Egon Schiele Rehe im Walde by Franz Marc Elbe Bridge I by Rolf Nesch On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... Spring Awakening was Frank Wedekinds first play, published at his own expense in 1891. ... Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 - March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. ...

Musicals

Spring Awakening is a Tony Award-winning musical which premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company on May 19, 2006 and closed August 17, 2006. ...

Discography

Studio albums

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EP's

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... At The Reservoir is an EP by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik that features live performances of six original songs and a cover of Radioheads Fake Plastic Trees. The End Of Outside - 5:02 In The Absence Of Sun - 5:08 Rubbed Out - 5:19 Home - 5:41 Barely Breathing... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Humming Along is an EP by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, which was released simultaneously with his 1998 studio album, Humming. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... White Limousine is an EP from singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, which was released just prior to the release of the White Limousine studio album in early 2006. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zoe Records is an independent record label. ...

Other recordings

Wishful Thinking is a song written and performed by Duncan Sheik for the soundtrack to the 1998 motion picture Great Expectations starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Robert DeNiro. ... Great Expectations is a 1998 contemporary film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, directed by Alfonso CuarÃ³n and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert DeNiro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. ... Friends Again Cover Friends Again was the second soundtrack album released for the television series Friends, after 1995s Friends Original TV Soundtrack. ... Boys and Girls is a 2000 American film. ...

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Early life

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Other recordings

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Career

Musicals

Discography

Studio albums

EP's

Other recordings

See also

External links

Early life