biography.Rodney Sharman lives on traditional Musqueam territory in Vancouver, Canada. He is the Victoria Symphony's Composer-Mentor-in-Residence, and has been Composer-in- Residence of Early Music Vancouver’s “New Music for Old Instruments”, the Victoria Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and Composer- Host of Calgary Philharmonic’s Festival, "Hear and Now". In addition to concert music, Sharman writes for cabaret, opera and dance. He sings, conducts, plays recorders and flutes. Sharman was awarded First Prize in the CBC Competition for Young Composers, Kranichsteiner Music Prize (Darmstadt), Dora Mavor Moore Award (Toronto), and the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
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