She's a Juno award winner, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television host, theme composer and script writer and, most recently, theatre performer

Shari  first appeared on Vancouver stages in 1973 after stints of  backpacking around the U.S. and performing with her older brother and sister with the San Francisco Free Theatre

With Rick Scott and Joe Mock, Shari formed the singular and quirky Pied Pumkin String Ensemble, a hit at Simon Fraser University and any festival, park  or beach 

"...to finance our recordings in those days, Pied Pumkin would collect the names, addresses and price of a future album from fans, go in and make the record, then mail it off to all those kind trusting souls who had pre-paid..."

Big changes came when Shari was was hired to tour with West Coast folk artist Valdy as part of his backing group, the Hometown Band. In addition to singing harmony and playing everything from flute to sax to violin behind Valdy,  Shari was called on every show to step forward and sing Joe Mock's stunning  Flying

The Hometown Band was signed domestically with A&M and made two albums: Flying and The Hometown Band..they also won a  Juno award for the best new group

Her first solo album was Long Nights on A&M which won a Juno nomination for most promising female artist

When the Hometown Band broke up Shari began her solo career.  Next came One Step Ahead and a Juno award for most promising female artist of 1981

An international deal with MCA came next, and Shari released  the highly acclaimed Talk Around Town made with long time producer and collaborator Claire Lawrence

During this time Shari also worked extensively on other media projects. She co-hosted Futurescan on CBC-TV with David Suzuki.  As well, she wrote and hosted BCTV's award winning Inside Trax

She composed and produced several Sesame Street items, as well as writing theme music for shows on the CBC, Life and Knowledge networks

Interspersed with all this activity, Shari also managed to find time to record her fourth solo album Every Road followed by the compilation  The Best of Shari Ulrich

And what began as a one time only show with long time friends Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes at a music festival turned into UHF...the much praised acoustic/vocal trio

As well as her solo career she continues to perform with Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes in UHF.

Shari also has a lead role in the Vancouver Arts Club Theatre production of Tapestry, a Carol King tribute

These days Shari lives with her family on Bowen Island B.C.