- Sheri's musical influences along the way have been Broadway and popular artists such as Linda Eder, Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Kari Jobe, Laura Story, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Michael Buble, Michael Jackson and Sarah Brightman, to name a few. Although she doesn't fit the mold of a strictly classical singer, Sheri sings everything from opera to rock and roll, thanks to the impressive vocal coaching she has received along the way.
- While rehearsing for a Eurpoean Tour of Golden Musicals of Broadway, Sheri stayed with Cousin Paula Goldin, whose late husband Al Goldin had been the theater manager and producer of many Broadway shows. She also met Liza Minelli, one of her performing idols, and they discovered they had a mutual connection in Stevie Phillips, who is also a cousin to Sheri, and managed Liza and her mother Judy Garland's careers in the 1960s. Stevie recently wrote a tell-all book, Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me, which was published in 2015. Sheri has another eerie connection to Judy Garland, being born 8 ½ months after her untimely death, and now residing just a few miles from her childhood home in Lancaster, California. The timeless Garland song "Over the Rainbow" was also Sheri's audition piece for her first professional job at Six Flags.
- Sheri has also been a part of the recording of two debut singles with the group The Dream Team, L.A., with Nigerian producer, Alec Godwin. The foursome hopes to record upcoming singles and begin performing their inspirational material nationwide and possibly worldwide in the near future. Her mission is to inspire and empower others through music, and to work with producers and projects aligned with her own values.
- Sheri got married to drummer and fitness expert Michael Paul Banyar in 2010, and together they opened up Michael's Wellness Center of Lancaster, CA. She began singing with several worship bands and at special events, including an appearance with Grammy Winning Christian Artist Sarah Kelly at Gracefest A.V., who inspired Sheri to turn her attention back to songwriting. She has written and recorded 8 new songs in the last 3 years, and her music has reached ministries all over the world thanks to her recording engineer, Pastor Gordon Skinner. Other influences in her songwriting have been the testimony of Kate Weddell of Cherished High Desert Ministry, which led Sheri to write Cherished to inspire women who have suffered sexual abuse, and the testimony of Nick Vujicic, an international Christian speaker and author whom she quoted in the song "Broken Pieces" as saying, "God takes our broken pieces, and turns them into miracles for His Glory.".
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