Verity Sharp (born 1970) is a Radio Three presenter and co-presenter from England.
Life
Verity Sharp grew up in Somerset. After studying at Dartington College of Arts, she went on to read music at the University of York and study composition. During these years, she did some acting, performed music, and studied languages, including French.
She moved to London after graduating in 1992, and began working for BBC Radio 3 in 1993, the year she was meant to start a post-graduate degree at the Guildhall School of Music.
Verity Sharp trained as a producer, and from 1997 regularly produced and presented Pebble Mill's Music Machine, a 15-minute music programme. A year later, she was hosting the contemporary music show, Here And Now. In 2001, the eclectic late-night music programme Late Junction, which she presents in alternation with Fiona Talkington, won her the Silver Sony Radio Academy Award for Music Broadcaster of the Year - a "very proud moment for the team after three years of very hard work". She is also one of the presenters of The Culture Show on BBC2.
Music interest
It was from her student years that she acquired a taste for non-Western music. Although her training was in classical cello she later took up the fiddle and turned to traditional music.
Having interviewed them while presenting a Culture Show special in 2008, she admitted to having a fondness for the thrash metal band Metallica from her teenage years.
References
- "Interview: Verity Sharp". BBC Training & Development. http://www.bbctraining.com/profile.asp?tID=5502. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
- Verity Sharp page, from BBC site
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