Since the age of sixteen, Vancouver based pianist and composer, Sharon Minemoto has been performing to audiences around the world.​  In 1997, Sharon started her own quintet which performs her original compositions and has recorded four shows for CBC Radio as well as a CD released on Cellar Live Records entitled, “Side A”. In addition to composing, she puts her arranging talents to work on standards and pop tunes for her trio which came out with their debut CD called “You Can See The Ocean From Here” in the spring of 2008. Both albums spent considerable time in the Top 10 Jazz Albums on Canada’s Chartattack. More recently, she has been working with her new quartet which includes Jon Bentley on saxophone, bassist Adam Thomas, and drummer Bernie Arai. Sharon Minemoto’s forthcoming LP “Dark Nights, Bright Stars” is due August 11 on Cellar Live and was written for her late friend, Natasha D’Agostino.