Ann’s operatic engagements at the RNCM include Suor Dolcina in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Moth in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and chorus in Mozart’s CosÌ fan tutti.  Ann is a founding member of Offstage Opera, a new opera company, which will perform nationally and whose aim is to make opera more accessible (https://www.offstageopera.org/). Although well-versed in classical repertoire, Ann also enjoys performing contemporary pieces by living composers and is thrilled to have been one of the featured soloists in the world premiere of Citizens of Nowhere, a chamber opera, composed by RNCM alumna Anna Appleby at the Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival in 2017. Her most recent engagement was Fireworks by Grace Mason, a solo soprano piece written for Ann with symphony orchestra.  

Ann has sung annually at Slaithwaite Good Companions (a meeting group for elderly people likely to become isolated) since she was seven years old.

Ann completed her undergraduate degree in vocal performance at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and achieved a first-class honours degree.  She continued her Master's studies at the RNCM  with Louise Winter where she was generously supported by the Richard Newitt Fund.