Sierra Dawn Sky Noble (born February 20, 1990) is a non-binary Canadian singer-songwriter, and

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. Their first album was instrumental, they played a traditional fiddle and followed up with a vocal album in 2008. They have won numerous musical awards, and has opened for famous rock stars like Bon Jovi. They are also an active philanthropist.

Biography

Early life

Born in Ottawa,

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, Noble is the third and youngest child of Sherry Noble (born in Kingston, Ontario) and David Noble (born in Muscatine, Iowa). They moved to

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in 1990. Sierra attended École Laura Secord School from pre-school to the grade 4 when they transferred to Wolseley School for grades 5 and 6. They attended and graduated from

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with the exception of grades 10 and 11 when they attended The

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on a full scholarship from the University of Winnipeg president,

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. Sierra Noble began by busking at The Forks in Winnipeg.Canadian Living Salutes: Sierra Noble, Canadian Living Magazine, vol 30,no.6,June 2005. P202 At the age of 12, Sierra became the

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for the Manitoba Campaign to Ban Landmines. In this capacity they began making presentations about the global landmine issue in various schools, universities, and colleges. In 2004 they were selected to be one of two representatives of Canada at the Ban Landmines International Children's Conference.

Music career

In 2005, they released an instrumental album of traditional Old Time fiddle music entitled "Spirit of The Strings", produced by Randy Hiebert (guitar player of

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), distributed by Arbor Records/ EMI Canada. In December 2008, Sierra released their debut vocal release entitled "Possibilities" on

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, produced by Toronto-based record producer, Bill Bell. The first single release from the album, "Possibility" (co-written by Noble, Chris Burke-Gaffney, and Keith Macpherson) was on rotation on

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and country radio in Canada, with the music video for the song reaching No. 1 on

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and appeared in the Top 20 in

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's Cross Canada Countdown. In 2011, they won the 52nd edition of the

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with the song "Try Anything". In 2016 they released their album City of Ghosts, before going on a hiatus for the next 5 years, in 2021 they released “Let Me Out of Here.”

Philanthropy

They have received various awards for their humanitarian and volunteer services including the Inaugural Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the Manitoba Premier’s Volunteer Service Award, the Canadian Red Cross Young Humanitarian of the Year 2012, the Manitoba Teacher’s Society Young Humanitarian Award, and Manitoba Hydro’s Spirit of the Earth Youth Award. The citation for the Manitoba Teacher’s Society Young Humanitarian read: "Sierra Noble is a Grade 5 student at Wolseley School who has taken it upon herself to help children who have been victims of war. A visit to a War Child exhibit last September inspired her to promote awareness of the landmine issue. She has spoken at a number of schools, collected signatures for a petition to the U.S. president and was heavily involved in Landmines Awareness Week. Sierra works directly with war-affected refugee children at a downtown center called NEEDS. Currently, she is trying to help a Somalian boy get the rest of his family to Canada from

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