A highly sought after and versatile soprano, SHABNAM ABEDI received her Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School in Jazz Studies, making her the school’s first South-Asian American jazz voice graduate. With a reputation for high-level music making in a wide variety of genres, Shabnam also studied opera at Mason Gross School of the Arts. A recent addition to The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, she was recognized by The New York Times for her solo in last year's performance of Handel’s Messiah, and was also a featured soloist in their production of Considering Matthew Shepard. Having played and sung Indian Classical Music since the age of five, Shabnam’s first album “Amar Bijon Ghore” was released to wide acclaim in India and Bangladesh.