Abbi, soprano, read music at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was awarded Distinction for her advanced postgraduate diploma at Trinity College of Music in 2006. Supported by vocal department and choral scholarships, she studied with Hazel Wood, Robert Aldwinckle & Eugene Asti and took part in masterclasses with Michael Chance and Emma Kirkby. Equally at home on stage or on the concert platform, she appears regularly with ensembles such as the Gabrieli Consort, English Voices and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, as well as singing with several London-based choirs and ensembles.

Recent opera roles have included, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) for Opera Anywhere and Musetta (La Bohème) for Candlelight Opera, while previous roles have included Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas) and Giannetta (L’Elisir d’Amore). At Trinity College of Music Abbi played Euridice in their highly acclaimed 2005 production of Monteverdi's L’Orfeo ... "A spectacular triumph"... (Opera Now) and Polly Peachum in the 2006 production of The Beggar's Opera.

Other notable performances while at Trinity included the soprano solos in Haydn's Nelson Mass, conducted by David Angus, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, concerts with the Greenwich Baroque Orchestra (Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Mozart Exsultate Jubilate) and recitals as part of Eugene Asti's song festivals celebrating Hugo Wolf and Robert & Clara Schumann.

On the concert platform Abbi sings regularly as an Oratorio soloist – recent performances have included Handel Messiah (Dorchester Choral Society/Brighton Orpheus Choir), Mozart Mass in C minor (Blandford Choral Society) and Bach Cantata 140 (The New Elizabethan Singers). Engagements for the coming months include Haydn Creation, Mozart Requiem, Handel Dixit Dominus and Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore.