VIDEO: Sara Bareilles Sings 'Brave' on One-Year Anniversary of COVID-19
Sara composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, in which she made her Broadway debut and received her first Tony Award nomination.
By: Sarah Leiber Mar. 11, 2021
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, The 19th marked the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 global pandemic with a virtual summit on the nation's fight to defeat it - and the lessons we've learned from it.
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles sings "Brave" in honor of frontline workers and vaccine researchers.
Watch the performance below.
Sara Bareilles first achieved mainstream critical praise in 2007 with her widely successful hit "Love Song," which reached No. 1 in 22 countries around the world from her debut album Little Voice. Since then, Sara has gone on to receive six Grammy nominations, which include Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Love Song" and one Album of the Year for her highly acclaimed third studio album, The Blessed Unrest.
Sara composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, in which she made her Broadway debut and received her first Tony Award nomination for Best Score and a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.
She also made her Broadway acting debut as the lead in Waitress for a limited engagement through June 11, 2017. "What's Inside: Songs from Waitress," her most recent solo studio album, is out on Epic Records.
Her book, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, was released in the fall of 2015 by Simon & Schuster and is a New York Times best seller.
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