Abigail Smetham (alto) studied singing with Anne Howells at the Royal Academy of Music while working for an academic music degree at King’s College, London. She sings for several professional vocal ensembles including Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton, The Cambridge Singers conducted by John Rutter and The King’s Consort conducted by Robert King.
In 2003 she began training for ordained ministry at Westcott House in Cambridge, was ordained deacon in 2006 and is now Assistant Curate on the Manor Estate in Sheffield. Alongside her theological studies in Cambridge, she also toured with Clare College Choir to Japan as the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem and was one of the soloists in a performance of the Verdi Requiem in Trinity College Chapel.
Most recently she has become the duet partner of the Bishop of Sheffield, Jack Nicholls, in a series of fundraising concerts.
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