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Shara Nova Biography
She married in 1997 and divorced in 2016 legally changing her name from Worden (her ex-husband’s surname) to Nova. She has one child with her ex-husband, Constantine Jamesson Worden born in 2010.
In 2001, Nova self-released two albums in collaboration with guitarist Shane Yarbrough under the moniker Awry, The Orange Album and Quiet B Sides. A short tour followed the release of the albums, after which the band dissolved. In 2002 and 2003 Nova wrote music for Adam Rapp’s play Trueblinka (directed by Simon Hammerstein) and subsequently for Hammerstein’s production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Men Without Shadows (Morts sans sépulture). She began studying composition with Padma Newsome during this time. Then in 2004 she began touring in Sufjan Stevens’ band for the tours supporting his album “Michigan”. In 2006, she released the album “Bring Me The Workhorse” on Asthmatic Kitty Records under the moniker My Brightest Diamond and was nominated for Female Artist of the Year in the PLUG Independent Music Awards. The My Brightest Diamond albums “A Thousand Shark’s Teeth” (2008), “All Things Will Unwind” (2011), and “This Is My Hand” (2014) were also released on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Nova became a Kresge performing arts fellow in 2012.
She 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. In 2008 Nova sang as a background vocalist for Laurie Anderson during five performances at The Rose Theater for the show Homeland. She performed guest vocals on “The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid” and “The Queen’s Rebuke/The Crossing” from the 2009 album by The Decemberists, The Hazards of Love, singing vocals for the part of “The Queen”. She also performed with The Decemberists on their “A Short Fazed Hovel Tour” along with Becky Stark from Lavender Diamond. She performed vocals on Sufjan Stevens’ album The Age of Adz, notably taking the lead during a section of “Impossible Soul”. 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. The Long Count was performed at the Krannert Center (2009), BAM (2009), the Holland Festival (2012) and the Barbican Centre (2012). In January 2012 Nova performed the premiere of the song cycle Death Speaks by David Lang with pianist Nico Muhly, violinist Owen Pallett and guitarist Bryce Dessner. In 2015, Nova provided vocals for Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Unremembered, and debuted her opera (co-written with Andrew Ondrejcak), You Us We All, in the United States.
Nova graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in vocal performance. After college, she lived in Moscow, Russia, for a year where she studied Russian and wrote songs, producing a self-released, limited edition EP, Session I. She moved to New York City, where she continued to study opera with Josephine Mongiardo. In 2009 Nova moved to Detroit, Michigan.
Shara Nova (previously Worden) is the lead singer and songwriter for My Brightest Diamond. As a composer she is most recognized for her choral compositions and the baroque chamber opera “You Us We All”. New music composers Sarah Kirkland Snider, David Lang, Steve Mackey and Bryce Dessner have composed pieces for Nova’s voice. She has recorded as a guest vocalist with David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Stateless as well as extensive collaborations with visual artists Matthew Ritchie and Matthew Barney. She was formerly the frontwoman of AwRY. 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.
What's Shara Nova Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Shara Nova Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
