Miscellaneous
Shire's individual songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, Melissa Manchester, Maureen McGovern, Johnny Mathis, Billy Preston, Jennifer Warnes, John Pizzarelli and Pearl Bailey, among many others. He co-wrote with David Pomerantz "In Our Hands", the theme song for the United Nations World Summit for Children. He has also written individual songs with lyricists Sheldon Harnick ("Everlasting Light") and Ed Kleban.
Either for his film scores or for pop concerts of his music, he has conducted many orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2007), the Irish Film Orchestra, and the Munich Symphony.
He also wrote and composed many songs for the hit PBS children's TV series Shining Time Station, which starred his wife Didi Conn along with actor Brian O'Connor and comedian George Carlin.
He serves on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America and is a trustee of the Rockland Conservatory of Music and the Palisades (New York) Library.
David Lee Shire was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
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