Singer-songwriter SEAN ALTMAN is “tuneful and sharply witty” (Los Angeles Times), “relentlessly clever” (Chicago Tribune) and “bawdy with a wicked modern streak” (Washington Post), with “hilarious pleasures” (The New Yorker) that combine “the tunefulness of the Beatles and the spot-on wit of Tom Lehrer” (Boston Globe) with a “silky tenor voice that produced chills” (New York Times).  

Altman, “a terrific singer and songwriter with an ear equally attuned to comic satire and the power of pop music” (The New Yorker), is a former, founding member of Rockapella and led that pioneering vocal group through its heyday years on the Emmy-winning PBS-TV series, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, for which Altman wrote the famous theme song with his high school buddy, David Yazbek. In 2022 the song was named one of The 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone. 

Sean has shared stages with Billy Joel, Steve Miller, Joey Ramone, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jay Leno, Samantha Bee, and Jonathan Winters. 

His all-originals albums include Seandemonium, Alt.mania, SALT, and Dragon Meets Phoenix (with Patti Rothberg). His acclaimed JEWMONGOUS original comedy song albums are Taller Than Jesus, and The Least Jewy Jew In Jewville. During Sean’s 11-year tenure Rockapella released eight albums. His a cappella group The GrooveBarbers has released three albums. 

Sean’s songs have been featured in dozens of TV shows, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, New Girl, Fresh Off The Boat, How To Get Away With Murder, Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, and Schoolhouse Rock. 

As half of The Everly Set (celebrating The Everly Brothers)  and Forever Simon & Garfunkel: A Tribute, he and Jack Skuller have released two double albums and constantly tour the world. 

Sean lives in Manhattan and can’t drive stick.