Curriculum Vitae

Elizabeth Jane Violet Stafford

Education and Qualifications
2003-2004	Trinity College of Music	PGDip	Voice
		LTCL	Vocal Teaching Distinction
1999-2002	Sheffield University	PhD	Performance Studies
1996-1999	Durham University	BA (hons)	Music	2:1

Employment
2004-date	Birmingham Schools Music Service	Vocal/Choral Tutor
2002-03	Coventry Performing Arts Service	Choral Specialist
	Coventry University	Singing Teacher
	Gateshead Music Service	Workshop Tutor
	Newcastle Music Service	Workshop Leader
Apr-May 02	Northern Centre for Performing Arts, Doncaster	Lecturer in Singing
Feb 2002	Sheffield University Music Department	Guest Lecturer
Jan-Jul 02	Music Acting Dance (Saturday stage school)	Vocal Coach
2000-03	St. George’s Independent School	Singing Teacher
		Choir Director
2000- 03	Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Chad, Birmingham	Lay Clerk
		Choir Fixer
		Vocal Coach

Musical Interests and Experience
Recent Solo Performance Experience
Oratorio
2005	Mozart's Requiem - The Quinborne Choir
2005	Faure's Requiem - Cantus Choir
2004	Charpentier’s Midnight Mass – The Brockenhurst Choir
2004	Bach’s Magnificat – The Creation Fund
2004	Haydn’s Great Organ Mass – The Quinborne Choir
2003	Haydn’s Nelson Mass – The Creation Fund
2003	Mozart’s Requiem – The Creation Fund
2003	Haydn’s Little Organ Mass – St. Chad’s Cathedral Choir
2003	Handel’s Messiah – The Midland Sinfonia
2002	Handel’s Dixit Dominus – The Creation Fund
2002	Handel’s Gloria – The Creation Fund
2002	Beethoven’s Choral Symphony – The Fiddle and Bone 1827 Festival
2001	Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater – The Creation Fund
2001	Purcell’s Come ye Sons of Art – The Creation Fund
2001	Purcell’s Hail Bright Cecilia – The Creation Fund
2001	Mahler’s Fourth Symphony – The Boston Sinfonia
2001	Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate – Sheffield University Chamber Orchestra
2000	Haydn’s St. Nicholas Mass – BBC Radio 4 Midnight Mass Broadcast
2000	Vivaldi’s Gloria – The Midland Hospitals Choir
2000	Handel’s Messiah – The Boston Sinfonia
2000	Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio – North Yorkshire Chorus
2000	Vivaldi’s Nulla in mundo pax sincera – String Quartets from Scratch
1999	Mozart’s Coronation Mass – The Creation Fund
1998	Haydn’s Creation – The Creation Fund
1997	Faure’s Requiem – The Creation Fund
Opera
2005	Mozart’s The Magic Flute (extracts) – Pamina (Stardust Cabaret)
2005	Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (extracts) – Susanna (Stardust Cabaret)
2003	Graper’s The Song of Songs (World Premiere) – The Bride (The Creation Fund)
2003	Blow’s Venus and Adonis – Venus (The Creation Fund)
2002	Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas – Dido / Sorceress (Sheffield University)
2000	Handel’s Acis and Galatea – Galatea (The Creation Fund)
1999	Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas – Belinda / Spirit (St. Mary’s College, Durham)
1998	Britten’s Paul Bunyan – Young Tree (Endellion Festival Concert Performance)
1998	Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro – Barbarina (Durham University)
Recitals
2005	The Lascivious Lute: Songs from the European Renaissance – St Paul’s Church, Birmingham
2004	Fairest Isle: Classical and Traditional Songs from the British Isles – St Mary’s Church, Horncastle
2004	Music for Soprano and Organ – St. James the Greater, Leicester
2004	Music for Soprano and Organ – St. Botolph’s Church, Boston
2004	Music for Soprano, Oboe and Cello – Clapham Festival of Music and Art
2004	Music for Soprano and Organ – Birmingham Cathedral
2004	Music for Soprano and Strings – St. Mary’s Church, West Malling
2004	Song Recital – Sheffield Cathedral
2004	Music for Soprano and Strings – Blackheath Halls
2004	The Romance of Nature – Charlton House, London
2003	Music for Soprano and Strings – Victoria and Albert Museum
2003	Music for Soprano and Strings – National Gallery
2003	Music for Soprano and Organ - Royal Naval College Chapel
2003	Music from the Court of George III – Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2003	European Art Song Recital – ArtsFest (CBSO Centre)
2003	English Song Recital – Durham University
2002	Purcell and Schubert Song Recital – Sheffield Cathedral
2002	Vox Humana: Sacred Music for Soprano and Strings - ArtsFest
2002	A History of British Song – ArtsFest (CBSO Centre)
2001	Operatic Heroines and Operatic Seduction Scenes – ArtsFest
2001	Opera Arias and Duets – Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2000	French and Spanish Songs – Sheffield Cathedral
Competitions, Masterclasses and Awards
2004	Masterclass with Emma Kirkby – Handel House Museum
2002	Most Promising Young Female Singer – David Clover Competition
2002	First Prize, Open Recital Class – David Clover Competition
2002	Finalist – Musica Britannica Competition
1999-2000	PhD Fee Scholarship – Sheffield University
1997-99	Singing Lesson Scholarship – Durham University
1997-99	Singing Lesson Scholarship – St. Mary’s College, Durham
Recent Choral Experience
Choral Training and Direction
2005	Lakey Lane School Choir
2005	Slade School Choir
2003	Coventry Children’s Chorus
2003	Coventry Schools’ Choir
2002-3	St. Chad’s Cathedral Boys’ Choir
2002-3	Coventry PAS Choral Project Choir
2002-3	St. George’s School Chamber Choir
1999	St. Mary’s College Centenary Arts Week Choir
1997-8	Durham University Chamber Choir
1996-to date	The Creation Fund Chorus
Choral Singing
2003-4	St. James’ Consort (five-voice ensemble) (deputy) (dir. Robin Kimber)
2003-4	Marylebone Parish Church Choir (deputy) (dir. Steven Grahl)
2000-03	St Chad’s Cathedral Choir (dir. David Saint)
2000-01	Diminished Seven (six-voice vocal ensemble)
1998	Endellion Festival Chorus and Semi Chorus (dir. Richard Hickox)
1996-9	Durham University Choral Society (dir. James Lancelot)
	Durham University Chamber Choir
	Durham University Consort of Voices (dir. Jeremy Dibble)
	Durham Polyphony (dir. Fabrice Fitch)
	Palatinate Voices (dir. Keith Wright)
	St. Mary’s College Choir
	Gentlemen of Durham Cathedral Choir and Friends (dir. Keith Wright)

Arts Administration Experience
Artistic Leadership
1995-to date	The Creation Fund – Artistic Director
2004-to date	The Other Theatre Company - Producer
Stage Production and Direction
2004	The Censor – Producer (The Other Theatre Company)
2003	The Song of Songs (World Premiere) – Producer (The Creation Fund)
2003	Venus and Adonis – Producer (The Creation Fund)
2002	Dido and Aeneas – Producer (The Creation Fund)
1999	Dido and Aeneas – Producer / Director (St. Mary’s College)
1996	Dido and Aeneas – Producer / Director (The Creation Fund)
Artistic Management
2004	Con Brio (Tour Manager)
2001-to date	Stardust Cabaret
2000-01	Diminished Seven Vocal Ensemble
1997-8	Durham University Chamber Choir (including tour of Poland)
1997-8	Palace Green Haydn Orchestra (including tour of Poland)
Academic Research
Publications
‘Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: A Twenty First Century Performance Strategy’, British Postgraduate Musicology 5 (June 2002). Read article
‘Henry Purcell and the Seventeenth-Century Voice: An investigation of Singers and Voice Types in Purcell’s vocal music, University of Sheffield PhD Thesis (June 2002)