Background
Abbie Gerrish-Jones was born in Vallejo, California, and grew up in Sacramento.
Abbie Gerrish-Jones was born in Vallejo, California, and grew up in Sacramento.
She began playing piano and composing at an early age and studied with Charles Winter.
Her opera Priscilla is considered the first complete opera with both libretto and score composed by an American woman. She wrote for Pacific Town Talk, The Pacific Coast Musical Review and The Musical Courier, published in New New York She died in Seattle, Washington.