Shara Nova official site

Born in “The Diamond state” of Arkansas to a family of musical traveling evangelists, Shara Nova moved across America throughout her youth, then went on to study classical voice at The University of North Texas. In New York, she began composition lessons with Padma Newsome and assembled her chamber pop band, My Brightest Diamond in 2001, subsequently releasing four albums on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Nova has received composer commissions from yMusic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, Brooklyn Rider, Nadia Sirota, So Percussion and Roomful of Teeth. She has performed with the San Francisco, Indianapolis, North Carolina Symphony among others. Many artists have sought out Nova’s distinctive voice, including David Lang, David Byrne, The Decemberists, Bryce Dessner, Steve Mackey, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Sufjan Stevens and Matthew Barney. Nova’s latest project, a baroque opera titled You Us We All (2015), made its U.S. debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.