Stephen Schwartz is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on March 6, 1948 in New York, United States. He composed music for musicals Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. He composed music for Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egypt as well as other films.
His lengthy working relationship along with His longtime collaboration with Alan Menken garnered the duo two Academy Awards for their work on Disney’s Pocahontas from 1995. garnered the pair the duo two Academy Awards for their work on Disney’s Pocahontas from 1995.
Schwartz was educated at the Williamsville South High School in Williamsville, New York. He graduated from Miami University with a bachelor of science degree in 1980 and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity who honored him as a Significant Sig in 2018. He earned a master of arts degree from SOAS, University of London in 1988, and a master of science degree from the National Defense University’s National War College in 2008. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and Washington, D.C..
Upon joining the United States Foreign Service, Schwartz served in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Bujumbura, Burundi; and Nairobi, Kenya. He subsequently served in Havana, Cuba; Pretoria, South Africa; and Port Louis, Mauritius, followed by the Office of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands; and Lusaka, Zambia. He served as chargé d’affaires to Comoros, Mauritius and the Seychelles from June 2005 until October 2006. He served as Director of the Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, from 2013 to 2015.
He married Carole Piasecki in 1969. The couple had two kids together.
