Alongside her role as Training Manager for the Association of British Choral Directors, Elisabeth is a conductor and music educator. She is passionate about the importance of high-quality and accessible music education for children and adults alike, believing in the transformative power that musical experiences can bring.
Originally from North Lincolnshire, Elisabeth’s love of music began when she joined the open access and award-winning Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir at just four years old. Over the next fifteen years, Elisabeth’s experiences with the choir instilled in her a love of choral music and encouraged her to pursue a career in music. She graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with a BA Hons Music (First Class) and was one of five recipients of the Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Award in 2015 in recognition of her commitment to music education and outreach work across Oxford state schools whilst at university.
Over the last ten years she has gained experience in music education settings across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, working with schools and music hubs as well as arts organisations like Sing for Pleasure, Voices Foundation and the National Centre for Early Music.
In September 2016, Elisabeth began working for the Opera North Learning & Engagement Department and since 2021, she has been the EYFS & KS1 Lead for the In Harmony Opera North (IHON) programme. She is passionate about the importance of developing musical literacy and creative performance skills from the early years and this role has given her the opportunity to write and develop the EYFS, KS1 and Musicianship strand of the IHON curriculum, as well as regularly delivering classroom sessions. She is in the process of developing a pack of CPD resources designed to support classroom teachers to deliver a high-quality musicianship-based curriculum through singing.
Committed to her professional development, Elisabeth has completed the British Kodály Academy’s “Certificate of Professional Practice in the Kodály Concept of Music Education: Primary Level 1 & 2” and she is currently pursuing her Level 3 certification.
In addition to her educational work, Elisabeth is the co-founder and director of Saints’ Singers, an upper voice community choir in North Lincolnshire.