Choir Director and Educator Dr. Renee Smith Dead at 48

Dr. Renee Smith, celebrated director of the National Youth Choir and founder of the UWI Five Islands Singers, has died at the age of 48. Tributes are pouring in from across Antigua and Barbuda and the wider region for the educator and musician.

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