Mia Sheard is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter."She's not selling her soul to the big labels". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2001.
Sheard was classically trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music."Crowd chatter matters little to Sheard". Edmonton Journal, October 24, 2002. She released her debut album With Love and Squalor in 1997,"Opportunity knocks when bands get to schmooze and jam". Toronto Star, June 12, 1997. and followed up with the albums Reptilian in 1999 and Anemone in 2002."Top new singer hits Fredericton; Christmas presents to win!; Mia Sheard has been compared to Jane Siberry". Telegraph-Journal, November 9, 2002.
In 2008, she organized a Joni Mitchell tribute concert at Hugh's Room in Toronto."Night & Day". Toronto Star, February 21, 2008. This became a regular touring show,"Last-minute ideas for a Saturday in the city". Toronto Star, March 7, 2009. which featured artists including Kurt Swinghammer, Lori Cullen, Valery Gore, Snowblink and David Matheson."Concerts". Edmonton Journal, January 28, 2011.
She subsequently put her career on hold to study psychotherapy, and is now a practicing therapist in Toronto. In 2013 she released Curse of the Vorus, her first new album since Anemone.
Personal life She is the sister of novelist Sarah Sheard and pianist John Sheard,"A singer's pearls spill from the shell". The Globe and Mail, June 9, 2000. the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Sheard, a former Mayor of Toronto,"Could she be more Toronto?" National Post, April 15, 2000. and was the wife of record producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda."Mia Sheard". Now, November 9, 2000.
Discography With Love and Squalor (1997) Reptilian (1999; Missing in Action) Anemone (2002; Perimeter) Curse of the Vorus (2013)
References
External links Mia Sheard