Despite not touching a bassoon until after his twentieth birthday Christian Sharpe has become one of Canada's most respected bassoonists, at home in the concert hall and recording studio, in demand in orchestral and chamber music alike. Starting out his musical life as a jazz saxophonist, he made the switch to bassoon while studying at Toronto's York University, and quickly established himself as a professional in the competitive freelance market. After performing in the pit of the Toronto production of Showboat, Christian accepted a position with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in 1995 where he has had the opportunity to perform on bassoon and saxophone.

In recent years Christian has performed on bassoon and contrabassoon with the Toronto Symphony and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, substituted as principal bassoon with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, toured as principal bassoon with the National Ballet Orchestra, and performed and recorded chamber music on bassoon and saxophone with the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, the Festival Winds from the Festival of the Sound, at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, and at the Guelph Spring Festival.