Sean Altman

Sean Altman teamed up with Elliott Kerman, Steve Keyes, and David Stix in 1986 at Brown University and formed the a cappella group Rockapella. They recruited Barry Carl after their bass man left, and they soon found themselves performing on Spike Lee's PBS special, "Spike & Co.: Do It A Cappella". Steve left soon after that, and Scott Leonard permanently replaced him. A five-year stint as the house band for the kids' game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991) made Rockapella a household name in the 1990s. Sean's credits with Rockapella include featured performances on the PBS documentary "Spike Lee & Co - Do It Acappella"; "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"; five years (295 episodes) starring in the PBS daily series "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" (for which Sean wrote the theme song with David Yazbek, composer of Broadway hits "The Full Monty" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"); nine CD releases; concerts with Billy Joel (Madison Square Garden), Sting and Don Henley;