1. Shara Nova is the lead singer and songwriter for My Brightest Diamond.
16 Facts About Shara Nova
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On March 3,2016, Shara legally changed her last name from Worden to Nova after divorcing her husband, to whom she had been married most of her adult life.
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Shara Nova's father was an accordion player and choir director and her mother was an organist for their Pentecostal church.
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Shara Nova's family moved to many different states when she was a child, including significant time in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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Shara Nova graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in vocal performance.
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Shara Nova married in 1997 and divorced in 2016, legally changing her name from Worden to Nova.
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In 2001, Shara Nova self-released two albums in collaboration with guitarist Shane Yarbrough under the moniker AwRY, The Orange Album and Quiet B Sides.
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In 2002 and 2003, Shara Nova wrote music for Adam Rapp's play Trueblinka and subsequently for Hammerstein's production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Men Without Shadows.
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Shara Nova began studying composition with Padma Newsome during this time.
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Shara Nova made significant contributions to the Sufjan Stevens' album Illinois in 2005, and toured with Stevens in support of the album in 2006.
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Shara Nova made a guest appearance on the Jedi Mind Tricks album Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell in 2006 and on the Vinnie Paz album Season of the Assassin in 2010.
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In 2008 Shara Nova sang as a background vocalist for Laurie Anderson during five performances at The Rose Theater for the show Homeland.
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Shara Nova performed in and wrote the song "Nine" for Bryce and Aaron Dessner's multi-media performance The Long Count with texts and images by Matthew Ritchie.
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Shara Nova performed vocals on Sufjan Stevens' 2010 album The Age of Adz, notably taking the lead during a section of "Impossible Soul".
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In January 2012 Shara Nova performed the premiere of the song cycle Death Speaks by David Lang with pianist Nico Muhly, violinist Owen Pallett and guitarist Bryce Dessner.
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In 2015, Shara Nova provided vocals for Sarah Kirkland Snider's Unremembered, and debuted her opera, You Us We All, in the United States.