Lisbee Stainton
Course Leader, Songwriting
Lisbee Stainton is an artist, songwriter and musician. She has been writing music for over 20 years, has released six studio albums, been playlisted on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6music, and extensively toured the UK and Europe, both as a headline act and supporting artists such as Joan Armatrading, Paul Carrack, Gretchen Peters, Paul Brady, Judy Collins, Rab Noakes, Fisherman's Friends, and Seth Lakeman. Lisbee has worked in the UK and Nashville Tennessee with writers such as BRIT and Grammy winning composer Rupert Christie, Grammy nominated producer Mikko Gordon (The Smile), SheWrites founder Violet Skies, Ivor Novello nominee Charlie Dore, Tom Robinson (BBC 6music), Blue Miller (India Arie), and BMG writer Tebey Ottoh (Pixie Lott, One Direction). Lisbee has also begun working in musical theatre and is currently composing an original musical with a creative team in London. Lisbee is a huge advocate for accessibility to music education for all and creating opportunities for young people to work in the creative industries. She has travelled around the UK running songwriting workshops for 15-18 year olds in schools, run masterclasses on lyric writing in Riga, Latvia, and is a fellow at the Hereford College of the Arts.