solo piano:

Narcissus (1981) dur. 6' (d/y)

Opera Transcriptions: La Rondine (1991) dur. 2'30" (d/y)

Opera Transcriptions: Turandot (1989) dur. 4' (d/y)

Opera Transcriptions: Madama Butterfly (1990) dur 3' (d/y)

Opera Transcriptions: Carmen(1993) dur. 2' (CMC)

Opera Transcriptions: Les Pêcheurs de perles (1995) dur. 5'30" (CMC)

Canonic Toccata in celebration of Michael Finnissy's 50th birthday (1996) dur. 1' (CMC)

The Anglo Tango (2000) dur 1' 30"- solo piano (ABRSM)

The Garden (2001) dur 10’ – music theatre for solo pianist – text: Peter Eliot Weiss (ms)

Opera Transcriptions: La Jolie Fille de Perth (2002) dur. 2’ (CMC)

Voyageur (2003) dur. 1’30“ (ABRSM) - original title Little Venice

Watchful (2005) dur 3’ (CMC)

Opera Transcriptions: L’Incoronazione di Poppea - Mercurio dal ciel in terra (2008) dur. 3’ (CMC)

Notes on “Beautiful” (2010) dur 5’ (Hal Leonard)

Opera Transcriptions: Tristan und Isolde (2013) dur. 7' (CMC)

Wounded (2014 revised 2020) dur. 5' (ms) - music theatre for solo pianist - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

Known and Unknown (2021) dur. 9’ 40” (CMC)

Opera Transcriptions: Don Giovanni (2021) dur. 4’ 30” (ms)

Opera Transcriptions: I Capuletti e i Montecchi (2023) dur. 10’ (ms)

solo guitar:

In a room (2002) dur. 16’ (d/y)

Intermezzo (Wiegenlied) (2004) dur. 1’30” (ms)

For Guitar (2016) dur 10” (ms)

 solo organ:

The Black Domino (1982) dur. 3' (CMC)

Elysium (1993) dur. 9' (CMC)

solo two manual harpsichord:

Kore (1980) dur. 8'  (CMC)

solo harp:

Piece for Harp Solo (1979) dur. 2' (ms)

Cordes Vides (1990) dur 10' (d/y)

Companion Piece (1993) dur. 2'  (d/y)

Six Etudes (2002-03) dur. 14’ moderately easy pieces for harp - may be played on Celtic harp - no pedals. (The Avondale Press)

Dances for solo harp (2000-04) dur 15’ (The Avondale Press)

Etude: Homage to Robert Schumann (2004) intermediate piece for harp - may be played on Celtic harp - no pedals (ms)

Etude: for glissandi (2008) intermediate piece for harp - may be played on Celtic harp - no pedals (ms)

solo vibraphone:

Apollo's Touch (1992) dur. 20' (d/y)

solo violin:

Meditation (1975) dur 5' (CMC)

Parhelia (1983) dur. 9' (CMC)

solo ‘cello:

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (2005) dur 25’ text: Rodney Sharman, translated and adapted from the writings of Saint Teresa of Avila (CMC)

solo flute:

Weissherbst (2002) dur 1’ – for Kaija Saariaho’s 50th birthday (The Avondale Press)

solo soprano saxophone:

Two Fanfares dur 1’ (ms)

solo trombone:

Morning Fog - Souvenir of San Francisco (2000) dur 2’ (for beginner players) (CMC)

solo tuba:

Boa Constrictor (2000) dur 2' - solo tuba (for intermediate players) (CMC)

Morning Fog - Souvenir of San Francisco (2000) dur 2' - solo tuba or euphonium (for beginner player) (CMC)

chamber music:

LEVEL (1980) dur. 5' - woodwind quintet (+ triangle) (CMC)

Erstarrung (1984) dur. 15' - Bq. fl, bass cl, mand, guit, hp, perc, vln, cb. (CMC)

Fandance (1988) dur. 6' - 1111, 1100, pf, perc, 10111 (d/y)

Dark Glasses (1988) dur. 10' - Bq. fl, bass cl, pf, perc (gongs, vib, log drum, tambourine, claves, bass drum [w/ pedal], maraca [high pitch]), vln, vla, vc, cb (CMC)

The Proximity of Mars (1988) dur. 7'15" - 2000, 2220 hp, pf, 2 perc, 1010 (d/y)

September (1989) dur. 15' - 3 guitars (CMC)

The Black Domino (1989) dur. 3' - 3 electric guitars (CMC) 

Cordes Vides (1989) dur. 3'  - string quartet (CMC)

In Deepening Light (1989) dur. 14'  - doublebass and piano (CMC)

Echo and Narcissus (1990) dur. 11' - amplified string quartet and piano (CMC)

Sleeping Beauty (1990) dur. 2' - cl, trpt, 2 perc, pf, cb. (ms)

Nostalgia (1993) dur. 2' (for Brian Ferneyhough's 50th Birthday) - fl, ob, cl, mand, guit, hp, pf, perc, vln, vla, vc, cb. (ms)

After Truth (1994) dur. 8' - Baroque fl. and percussion (vib, glock, chimes, high maraca, rain stick) (CMC)

Canon and Acrostic in celebration of Vancouver New Music Society's 20th anniversary (1996) dur. 2' - fl, ob, bass cl, pf, perc, vln, vc, cb. (ms) 

Romance (1996) dur. 20" - fl, sop. sax, piano, electric guitar, electric bass (ms) 

Slow Waltz (1997) dur. 2' - flute and piano (d/y)

Suspended Waltz (1998) dur. 3' - mandoline, guitar, harp (ms)

Short Dance (2000) dur. 2' - string quartet (CMC)

Four Seasons, One Tree (2001) dur 12’ – bass cl, trpt, pf, 2 perc (glockenspiel, 2 vibraphones, marimba, chimes, 3 temple bowls, 2 Alm Glocken, 2 cowbells, gong, 5 temple blocks, wind whistle), vln, cb. (CMC)

Romance (Hommage à Tchaikovsky) (2001) dur. 6’ ‘cello and piano (CMC)

Nocturne (2002) dur 8’ bassoon and piano (d/y)

In Praise of Shadows (2003) dur. 10' - 2 fl, bass cl, sop sax, alto sax, hn, trpt, 2 tromb, tuba, el guit, el bass, perc (triangle, susp cymb, vib, chimes, low tam-tam, gong), pf (CMC)

Dry Leaves (2005) dur 12’ – 2 trpt, 2 trom, perc (mar, cabassa, 2 untuned gongs, low tam-tam, bass drum) 2 vln, vla, vc, cb (CMC)

Moments (2003-05) dur 15’ – fl (alto fl), cl (bass cl), perc (glock, vib, chimes, triangle, low tam-tam, 1 gong, log drum), pf, vln, vc (ms)

Arsis and Thesis (2006) dur 14’ – flute and piano (CMC)

Second String Quartet (2006) dur ca. 15” (CMC)

Incantation (2007) dur 10: –  bassoon, harp, string quartet (CMC)

Departures (2008) dur. 10’ – fl, ob d’amore, cl in A, mand, guit, hp, pf/celesta, 1 perc (vib, mar, chimes, 2 Alm Glocken), vln, vla, vc, cb. (ms)

festina lente (2008) dur2” - string quartet (CMC)

Couples, Doubles, Pairs (2009) dur 8‘, horn, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb (ms)

Pavane, Galliard and Variations (2009-10) dur 14‘, bass cl, pf, perc (vib, mar, tuned gongs, cabasa, triangle, small bass drum) vln, vc (CMC)

Elsewhereless (Prelude, Scene 4) (1996/2011) alto fl, cl, bsn, hn, pf, vln, cb (ms)

Chamber Symphony (2012) dur 20’ 1*1*21 1110 1 perc, pf/cel, harp, 11111 (ms)

Because of John Cage (2013) dur 8’ bass trombone and harp (ms)

California Dutch (2015) dur 6'30" oud and string quartet (ms)

Night / Song, Night / Dance (2016) dur. 10' - six percussionists (ms)

Gratitude (2016) dur. 11' - viola and piano (CMC)

From the Mountains to the Pacific (2017) dur. 15' - cello and piano (ms)

small flowers (2018) dur. 6' - alto recorder, tenor recorder, bowed marimba, violin, cello, double bass (ms)

Everything Is Vanishing (2018) dur 13'10" - Glockenspiel and vibraphone duo with spoken text; Text: Alexander Hutchison (CMC)

Repertoire (2019) dur 3’ piano and string quartet (CMC)

Remembering John Cage (2019) dur 3’ clarinet and piano doubling toy piano (ms)

Remembering John Cage (2019) dur 3’ English horn and piano doubling toy piano (ms)

Remembering John Cage (2019) dur 3’ 5-string violin and piano doubling toy piano (ms)

Happiness (2019) dur 1’ alto recorder and bowed marimba (ms)

Famous Last Words (2019) dur 7’ flute and piano doubling toy piano with spoken text - text assembled by Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Missing You (2020) dur 9’ alto flute and guitar (CMC)

Homage to Robert Schumann (2022) dur 9’ saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones) (ms)

choir :

Anthem: Passing of the Claimant (1994) dur. 4' men's chorus (TBB) also version for mixed chorus (SAB); text: Chidiock Tichebourne (CMC)

Love (2002) - from Love, Beauty, Desire - dur. 3’ mixed chorus (SATB); text: George Sandys (Cypress)

Winter Solstice (2003) dur 2’ mixed chorus (SATB); text: Rodney Sharman (Cypress)

Song of Love and Loss (in memoriam Melanie Gold) (2005) dur. 7’ (ATTB); text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

Motet: Death Will Find Me (in memory of my father) (2009) dur. 8’ (SATTBB); text: Rupert Brooke (CMC)

Former Ginger (2014) dur. 2' men's chorus (TTBB) text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

song about forgetfulness (2015) dur. 3:30" for youth choir SATB; text: Bill Richardson (Cypress)

Requiescat (2015) dur. 3' mixed chorus (SATB); text: Oscar Wilde (ms)

Everything (2018) dur 4'35" mixed chorus (SATB) and 3 handbells; Text: Alexander Hutchison (ms)

Adder (2020) dur 3’ treble choir (SSA) and flute, violin, cello, percussion (claves, maraca, cabasa, marimba); Text: Robert MacFarlane (Cypress)

Bluebell (2020) dur dur 3’ treble choir (SSAA) and violin, cello, percussion (marimba); Text: Robert MacFarlane (Cypress)

Voice(s) and instruments:

Nader tot U (1990-92) Bekentenis, Dagsluiting, Herkenning - dur. 13'  baritone, fl, cl, mand, guit, hp, pf,perc, vln,vla, cb. - text: Gerard Reve (ms)

Gilding the Lily (2004) dur 4’30” soprano, baritone, fl, pf - text: Lorenzo da Ponte - after W.A. Mozart’s Duettino, “La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Wooden Shoes (2008/11) dur 1'30 baritone, fl, English hn, cl, bsn, hn, pf, perc, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb. text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

Cabaret Songs: Au Revoir, Maria Callas (2008/11) dur 4’ baritone, fl, English hn, cl, bsn, hn, perc, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb. text: Bill Richardson (ms)

Song for "The End" (2015) due 4' 2 baritones, Bb Cl (doubling bass cl), vc. - text: Wilfred Owen

Adder (2020) dur 3’ treble choir (SSA) and flute, violin, cello, percussion (claves, maraca, cabasa, marimba) - text: Robert MacFarlane (Cypress)

Bluebell (2020) dur dur 3’ treble choir (SSAA) and violin, cello, percussion (marimba) - Text: Robert MacFarlane (Cypress)

voice and flute:

Dedication (1996) dur. 4' (for Murray Adaskin's 90th Birthday) soprano and flute (or Baroque flute) - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC)

voice and lute or guitar:

She Walks in Beauty (2015) dur. 6' (for Catherine Fern Lewis) soprano and lute - text: Lord Byron (CMC)

Sereno (2019) dur 3:30’ low voice and guitar – text Giuseppe Ungaretti (CMC)

voice and piano:

Cabaret Songs: Tobacco Road (1999) dur. 5'30" (for Louis Andriessen's 60th birthday) low voice - text: Joan Skogan, German and Dutch text by Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: The Anglo Tango (2000) dur 5' - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

Cabaret Songs: Be Prepared! (2000) dur 4'30" - low voice - text: Bill Richardson (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Crossing Over (2001) dur 3’30” low voice – text: Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Liebesleid (2001) dur 2’30” low voice – text: Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: In Every Dying Prairie Town (2001) dur 4’ - low voice - text: Bill Richardson (CMC)

Urban Haiku (2003) dur 1' - low voice  - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Wooden Shoes (2008) dur 1'30“- medium voice - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Au Revoir, Maria Callas (2008) dur 4’ - low voice - text: Bill Richardson (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Adult Education (2010) dur 2’30” - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

Cabaret Songs: Obsessions (2011) dur 1’30” - low voice - text: Alex Poch-Goldin (CMC) 

Cabaret Songs: Yoga Song (2013) dur 2’30” - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (ms) 

Cabaret Songs: True Lesbianism (2014) dur 2:30" - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

Cabaret Songs: Barnacle Bill  (2017) dur 2' - medium voice - text: traditional (ms)

Cabaret Songs: The Pronoun Symphony (2017) dur 3:30" - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Cabaret Songs: Academia (2018) dur 3'30" - low voice - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

voice(s) and orchestra:

In Transii (1983) dur. 9'20" Narrator, 21*22, 2211, pf, 1perc, strings: 6/4/4/3/2; text: J. Griebel (don)

Canons and Ritornellos (1985) dur. 20' 6 part mixed choir, 1101, 0100, hpschd, 3/2/2/2/1 - text: Joanne Griebel (CMC)

Phantom Screen (1991) dur 16' solo soprano, 2222, 2200 hp, timp, strings- text: Atom Egoyan (CMC)

Letters for the Future (1999) dur 14'15" men's chorus, 2 harps, 1 perc, strings:12/12/9/9/6 – text: Galileo Galilei (CMC)

Liebesleid (Modern Love Waltz) (2002) dur 2’30” low voice & string orch – text: R. Sharman (ms)

Love, Beauty, Desire (2002) dur. 25’ soprano & baritone soloists, choir, 2*222 2200 hp, 2 perc, timp, strings text: Atom Egoyan, Gerard Reve, George Sandys, Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Obsessions (2015) dur. 1’30” low voice & string orchestra – text: Alex Poch Goldin (ms)

Song from Faust (2015) dur. 3’ medium voice & string orch. – text Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, trans. Rodney Sharman (ms)

Suspension (2016) dur 6’, Inuit Throat Singer, 2 flutes, gongs & string orchestra (ms)

The Pronoun Symphony (2017/2021) dur 4:30" - high voice & string orchestra - text: Rodney Sharman (ms)

orchestra:

Chiaroscuro (1982) dur. 11' *32*32 3231, 2 hp, 2 pf, 1 perc, strings: 12/10/8/8/4 (CMC)

In Changing Light (1995) dur. 10' 3(alto)*3*33 4231, cel, hp, 2 perc, strings: min. 12/10/8/8/6 (CMC)

The Proximity of Mars version for orchestra (1988/97) dur. 8'15" - 2222 2220 hp pf 2 perc strings (CMC) 

Archaic Smile (1997) dur. 12' 3*33*3 4231, 1 pf/cel, 1 hp,  timp, 2 perc, strings (CMC)

Still Light - Fanfare for Chihuly (1998) dur. 5' *22*20, 4200  pf, 2 perc, strings (CMC) 

Scarlattiana (1999) dur 6' - 2222, 2200, timp, strings (CMC) 

Symphony (2000) dur. 14' - 3333, 8331, 1 cel, 1 hp, timp + 5 perc, strings (ms)

Mirrors, Echoes (2004) dur. 10’ - 4(alto)444, 6441, 1 cel, 2 hp, 4 perc, strings (ms)

The Ruins Proclaim the Building was Beautiful (2007) dur 28’ *2*2*22 2200 hp, 1 perc strings (ms)

Byrd Dances (2009) dur 8’ *2222 2200 timp + 1 perc, strings (CMC)

Romantic Ideals (2011) dur 6’ 2222 2200 timp, strings (CMC)

Second Symphony (2012) dur 20’ *3(alto)*2*2*3 4230 timp + 2 strings (ms)

After Schumann (2022) dur 7’ string orchestra minimum 32221 (ms)

soloist and orchestra:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1979) dur. 17' - 0202, 2210, solo piano, strings (CMC)

Orpheus' Garden (1986) dur. 14' - solo doublebass, strings: 32220 solo cb (CMC)

Variations on a Quiet Song (1998) dur. 15'30" - solo harp, 2020 2000 strings (CMC) 

At Dusk (2002) dur 7’30” – solo bassoon, harp, timp, strings (CMC)

Music for Celtic Harp, Strings, Percussion and Celesta (2008) dur 11’30” – solo Celtic harp (lever harp), celesta, vib, timp, strings (ms)

Songs Without Words (2010) dur 16’ - solo English horn, 2(doubling alto)000 0200 hp, 2 perc, strings (ms)

Violin Concerto (2011) dur 19’ - solo violin, 2222 2220 timp + 1 perc, strings (ms)

opera:

Orestes - a chamber opera - (1980) dur 30'

baritone, mezzosoprano, 2 sopranos, contralto; Bq fl, hpschd/organ, 4 vln, 2 cb; text: Classical sources/Rodney Sharman (CMC)

Elsewhereless - a chamber opera (1998) dur. 65'

mezzosoprano, tenor, 2 baritones, bass-baritone; 2 fl(1 doubles alto, 2 doubles bass flute), 2 bass cl, mand, guit, hp, perc, vln, cb; text: Atom Egoyan (CMC) 

From the House of Mirth (2012) dur. 55’ see music for dance

Showroom - a chamber opera (2022) dur. 70'

soprano, mezzosoprano, baritone; 2 recorders (1 doubles alto/soprano, 2 doubles tenor/soprano), 2 sackbuts (alto and tenor), pf/toy piano, perc, vln, vc, cb; text: Atom Egoyan (ms) 

 music for dance:

Predators of Light (1989) dur. 68' - stereo tape (ms)

The Ruins Proclaim the Building was Beautiful (2007) dur 28’

*2*2*22, 2200 hp, 1 perc strings (ms)

From the House of Mirth (2012) dur. 55’ 4 female dancers, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, violin, cello, harp, harmonium, piano; text: Alex Poch-Goldin after Edith Wharton (ms)

electroacoustic music:

The Black Domino (1980) - dur. 3' - 4 channel tape (ms)

Towards White (1982) dur. 9' - bassoon and live-electronics (ms)

Towards White (1983) dur. 7' - flute and stereo tape (also in 4 channels) (CMC)

Scenes from Macbeth (2021) dur. ca 13’ - soprano and pre-recorded multitrack voices; text: William Shakespeare 

arrangements and performance editions:

Two Canons: O! You’re such a Jackass, Martin! (O du eselhafter Martin! K. 560) - dur. ca. 2’30” Lick Me! (Leck Mir! K. 233/382d) dur. ca. 2’30” words and music by Canons by Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) edition and translations by Rodney Sharman

Anton Arensky (1861-1906) dur

Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - dur. 5’ - medium voice (countertenor), lute, harpsichord, baroque or modern strings - words and music Cole Porter (1891-1964) - arr. Rodney Sharman (2017) (ms)

Canon: Tod und Schlaf - dur. 4’ - SATB choir - music Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) text by Friedrichs von Logau (1604-1655) arrangement and translation by Rodney Sharman (2023) (Cypress)