Rodney Sharman (born May 24, 1958) is a Canadian composer and flutist based in Vancouver. His music has been performed in over 30 countries worldwide. He has won several international and national awards, including First Prize in the 1984 CBC Competition for Young Composers. His chamber opera, Elsewhereless, a collaboration with Atom Egoyan, premiered in 1998 and has been staged 35 times internationally.
We have created a culture in which composers are expected to speak about their music from the stage. But what has happened is that people don't talk about the music, they tell stories. And they never say something like 'I'm exploring the low register of the piano'. What they say, on the contrary, is 'This is a picture of the trip to Europe that I took last summer, in three movements.'
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