 Sherwood naFay vakadzokera kuUnited States muna May 1876, uko Sherwood akatanga kushanda senhengo yechikoro paNew England Conservatory of Music. Akatanga kuratidzira kwake kwekutanga kweAmerica semutambi wega naTheodore Thomas Orchestra paCentennial ExpositionmuPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. Mumakore maviri akatevera, Sherwood naFay vakafamba pamwe chete, vachiita mumaguta akasiyana-siyana eAmerica. Zvisinei, roorano yavo yakaguma nokurambana, uye Fay akatomhanarira Sherwood nokuda kwekutsigirwa kwevana muna April 1886 pashure pokunge arega kubhadhara pamutemo kubva muna November 1885. Muna 1887, Sherwood akaroora mumwe wevaimbova vadzidzi vake, Estelle F. Abrams weMonongahela, Pennsylvania; vaive nevana vaviri pamwechete. 