Elizabeth Stafford was born and educated in Birmingham. She studied for a BA (hons) in music at Durham University, following this with a PhD in Performance Studies at Sheffield University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Studies at Trinity College of Music and a PGCE in Primary Music at Birmingham City University.

As a solo soprano Elizabeth has won many competitions and awards including First Prize and ‘Most Promising Young Female Singer’ in the David Clover Competition & finalist representing Sheffield University in the Musica Britannica Competition. She has appeared as an oratorio and opera soloist with numerous ensembles in venues including Symphony Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, and most of the major cathedrals in England. She has given recitals in the CBSO Centre, the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and has broadcast as a soloist on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.

As a choral conductor, Elizabeth has conducted numerous youth and adult choirs in venues including Symphony Hall, Tewkesbury Abbey & St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. She currently directs the award-winning St Paul’s Girls’ Centenary Choir, based at St Paul’s School in Birmingham, where she also teaches singing, and conducts the Sutton Coldfield-based community choir Blackwood Acappella Singers. In 2009, Elizabeth was selected for a choral conducting Masterclass with David Hill and the BBC Singers, and in 2010 was invited to conduct a massed choir for the Music for Youth Family Prom in Birmingham.

Elizabeth has worked for numerous Local Authority Music Services as a vocal and curriculum teacher, and is currently North West Area Leader for the KS2 Music CPD Programme, the government's national CPD programme for music. She also examines GCSE and AS level Composition and Performance for Edexcel and is an Adjudicator Member and West Midlands Regional Secretary of The British and International Federation of Festivals.