Presentation 1: Discipleship through music

Sophie Jelley

Sophie Rebecca Jelley is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2025, she has served as the Bishop of Coventry; she was previously the suffragan Bishop of Doncaster in the Diocese of Sheffield since 2020. Sophie plays the violin and viola, and is a soprano singer.

Abi Thomson

Abi has been Dean of Sheffield since November 2021. Before that she was Sub Dean of St Albans Cathedral. Abi studied music at King’s College, London and sang professionally before going to train for ordination at Westcott House in Cambridge.

Victoria Johnson

Canon Victoria Johnson is Precentor of York Minster where she oversees the worship and music of the cathedral. She has recently been appointed Dean of Chapel at St John’s College Cambridge. She has taught liturgy and homiletics for many years, is a member of the Mission Theology and Apologetics Group of the Church of England and the Archbishops’ College of Evangelists. She studied theology at Cambridge and at the Institute of Sacred Music and School of Divinity at Yale, USA. She is a singer and musician, and as well as singing the daily office, she currently sings in two York based chamber choirs and is a trustee of the National Centre for Early Music and The Ryedale Festival. 

Christopher Gray

Christopher Gray has been Director of Music at St John’s College since April 2023. With responsibilities focusing on the College’s celebrated Choir and organ, he works with the Choristers, Choral Scholars, Choral Graduates, and Organ Scholars to provide music that enhances the liturgy of the Chapel, upholding a tradition that dates from the 1670s.