Abbie enjoys a remarkably varied career, spanning orchestral, theatrical, commercial, and solo performance, as well as running outreach projects and teaching at world-leading institutions. She is a Haynes Flutes Artist and earlier this year was awarded an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon ARAM).

As a freelance flautist, she has worked with many of the UK’s leading ensembles, including the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, Heritage Orchestra, and London Concertante, and is Principal Flute of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra. Her theatre credits include UK tours of Wicked, Les Misérables, and The King and I, as well as Pinocchio at the National Theatre, and most recently, Jamie Lloyd’s West End production of Evita at the London Palladium. She is also a deputy for West End productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis and The Lion King.

A regular presence in the recording studio, Abbie’s playing can be heard across a wide spectrum of film and commercial music, from classical albums to K-pop. Recent credits include soundtracks for Wuthering Heights and Deadpool & Wolverine, alongside recordings with VOCES8 and Rosalía.

As a soloist and chamber musician, she has appeared at many of the UK’s leading venues, including Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Bridgewater Hall, and The Anvil. Highlights include performing the solo flute part in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with The Philharmonia on tour in Switzerland, appearing as concerto soloist with the Novgorod Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia, and performing in Germany as a guest artist with the New English Singers, playing a selection of Bach Sonatas across Hallé, Dresden, Berlin and Bach’s Thomas Kirche in Leipzig. She was also invited to perform a duet with legendary rock flautist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull at a concert at London’s Barbican.


Abbie has been an invited Guest Artist at the National Flute Association Convention (Chicago and Orlando), Adams International Flute Festival (Netherlands), Aflaup Festival (Portugal), Polish Flute Festival (Katowice), Flute Fest! (Iceland), Spanish Flute Convention (Valencia), La Côte Festival (Switzerland) and Australian Flute Festival (Bisbane and Sydney). Originally from Milton Keynes, she frequently returns to her hometown as a recitalist and soloist with the Cornerstone Chamber Orchestra. She has also played for the Royal Family at St James's Palace, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and to the Prime Minister and Mayor of London at Southwark Cathedral.

Commercially, Abbie regularly performs with ‘Ministry of Sound Classical’ (Dance Anthems reimagined for live orchestra) including their 30th birthday celebrations at the O2 Arena and Royal Albert Hall, as well as ‘Britpop Classical’ gigs with Alex James, and many ‘Orchestra-to-Film’ concerts (incl. Love Actually, Magic of Disney, and Avengers Infinity Saga). She has worked with artists including Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson, and The Who, toured with orchestral tributes to Genesis, Led Zeppelin and Queen, and played with various bands at music festivals including Latitude and Glastonbury.