Quartet Performs ‘Sounds of Home’

A quartet of Southern California-based musicians explore the genres and stories developed and inspired by our country in a free concert, “Sounds of Home,” on Sunday, June 1, at 2:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 6595 Covington Way in Goleta.

Los Angeles-based pianist Susanna Seoyon MacDonald and mezzo-soprano Shannon Delijani join Santa Barbara-based soprano Sabina Balsamo and cellist Chas Barnard to perform beloved standards and contemporary pieces in a heartfelt, genre-crossing performance of American classical music, musical theater and jazz.

MacDonald earned a Graduate Diploma in collaborative piano from the Juilliard School, a Master of Music in collaborative piano from New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the University of Northwestern, Saint Paul. She earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in keyboard collaborative arts at the University of Southern California.

Delijani earned a Bachelor of Music from USC Thornton School of Music and a Master’s in Music from Mannes School of Music. She is also an alumnus of the Beth Morrison Projects: Producer Academy.

Balsamo, operations manager at Santa Barbara’s Camerata Pacifica, graduated from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music and served as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She served as a member of the voice faculty at the University of Wyoming from 2022-24.

Barnard, manager of fellow and alumni engagement at the Music Academy of the West, graduated from the University of Oregon before earning a Master of Music at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Certificate in Performance from the University of Denver.