2009 onwards, across fields of composition, popular music, sound, and performance. From songwriting and electronic music production to experimental, fringe and underground musics and live art, Lisa has extensive experience in teaching creative practice tools and methods for developing musicians and artists. With young people in a variety of contexts - in community settings, further and higher education - she has worked in the UK and internationally with institutions including The University of Bergen, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Goldsmiths University of London, London College of Communication, Edinburgh College of Art, and Leeds Conservatoire; and with music organisations and charities including The Albany Deptford, Roundhouse Camden, School Ground Sounds Brixton, Music for Youth, and The Creative Society.
Workshops
Workshop leader for the "UNTITLED" series
A space for young people to share ideas, unfinished songs and tracks, get feedback and meet a network of local musicians.
With School Ground Sounds, Brixton
15.01.20 pilot at Raw Material Brixton, Series #1 Spring/Summer 2020
and Series #2 as part of The Grit School Programme, Autumn/Winter 2020
"Intro to DIY Releasing and Creative Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry"
Co-workshop leader with Ruth Woodward [Warner Records]
For The Albany, Deptford, London 15.03.20
For The Rhythm Academy, Kensington & Chelsea College, London 26.02.20
Panel member for young people’s event on "Creative Start Ups"
For the Creative Job Studio x Start Ups In London, with The Creative Society, West Norwood Library London, 17.10.19
Co-workshop leader for devising and performing workshop “New Music Challenge” and mini masterclass leader for “Intro to DIY Releasing”
With Music For Youth for "FREQUENCIES" event, The Station, Bristol, 28.09.19
"Intro to DIY Releasing and Creative Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry"
Co-workshop leader with Ruth Woodward [Warner Records]
For Resident Artists Programme, Roundhouse, Camden, 28.3.19 and 30.8.19
“De-skill and Scavenge: New Recipes for
Songs”
A series of public workshops exploring composition and
improvisation with playback media, with groups of around 16
people. They focused on empowering musicians without traditional
training to create experimental music and song.
Bildmuseet,
Umeå, 9.4.16 / Cafe Oto, London, 28.11.15 / The Arnolfini, Bristol 14.11.15
“Back-to-front space” with Melanie
Jackson
Th artists collaboratively explored creating sound works using field recordings and
found sounds, inviting the public to join them in
DIY experiments and improvisations, providing the opportunity to
develop ideas in a collaborative context, improvise, have hands
on equipment demos, and more.
The Sound Surgery offered constructive and supportive feedback
for artists and composers at any stage in their practice,
working in experimental music or sound but without regular
access to feedback and dialogue on their work.
Primary, Nottingham, 11.8.16
"Cool it Schools"
A 5 day workshop Leading A level students in creating a series
of sound sculptures, developing students' critical thinking and
analysis skills in preparation for entry to Higher
Education.The Charter School, Southwark, July 2009
"The Teardrop Explodes"
An artist Masterclass, leading dialogue with A level students on
the gallery exhibition, to develop students' critical thinking
and analysis skills in preparation for entry to Higher
Education.
Pitz-Hanger Gallery, London, November 2007
Guest Lectures & Artist Talks
In conversation with Rebecca Collins, for "Gendered Soundings" course [online] - Edinburgh College of Art, Recorded 12.01.21
Artist talk for Sound Arts Visiting Practitioner series [online] - London College of Communication, 29.10.2020
Guest Lecture on Practice Research with final year undergraduate students [online] - Leeds Conservatoire, 20.10.2020
Artist talk and scores workshop for "Gendered Soundings" course - Edinburgh College of Art, 06.02.20
Artist talk and practical demonstration of live electronics and vinyl turntable - For Btec cohort, The Rhythm Academy, Kensington & Chelsea College, 08.01.20
Artist talk for MA/MFA Advanced Theatre Practice cohort - The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, 14.11.19
'Post digital Songwriting Strategies' Lecture/seminar with Masters Songwriting cohort - The Institute of Contemporary Performance, London, 05.11.19
Artist talk and workshop with Undergrad and Postgrad students working in sound and performance
The A/V Club, The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen [Norway] 04.10.19
Artist talk and 1-1 studio visits with BFA and MFA students working in sound and performance
Umea Academy of Fine Arts, Umea University [Sweden] 17.09.20
1-1 mentoring in performance technology with Roundhouse Artist Resident - Roundhouse, Camden, February 2019
Artist talk at Composer Workshop Series - University of West London, November 2017
‘Intermediality and DIY’
Guest lecture and 1 day workshop for the Integrated Masters
Programme in Music Therapy
The Grieg Academy, University of Bergen [Norway] March 2017
‘Practice Research: Definitions, Observations,
Challenges’
Guest lecture for BA in Creative Musicianship -
Institute of Contemporary Music Performance London, June 2016
‘Availablism and Pop: DIY strategies for composing and
performing’
Artist talk and practical demonstration of live electronics and vinyl turntable
With Bachelors students in teacher training & community music -
Stord/Haugesund University College [Norway] April 2016
‘De-skill and Scavenge: New Recipes for
Songs’
2 day workshop and shared dialogue with students across BFA and
MFA programmes
Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå University [Sweden] April 2016
Artist talk and Demo at Turntable Music, Exhibition and Symposium - University of Northampton, January 2016
‘Constantly Making and Constantly Presenting’ Guest lecture and Demo for BA in Sound Arts and Design - London College of Communication, January 2016
‘Collecting, Objects, Sounding’ Guest lecture for MA in Sound Art - London College of Communication, March 2015
Positions and Qualifications
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, Goldsmiths University of London, September 2011 - 2018
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Oxford Brookes University, 2009 - 2011
Early Career Fellow in Popular Music, Department of Music, Oxford Brookes University, September 2009 - 2011
Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant, The Westgate School, Slough, 2009
Lisa studied her Doctorate with Dr Dai Griffiths and Dr Clair Chinnery across the departments of Music and Fine Art at Oxford Brookes (2010), and her Masters in Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Huddersfield with Professor Monty Adkins (2005), where she also won the postgraduate Music Technology Prize. She has an undergraduate degree in Popular Music Studies, awarded by the University of Sheffield.
External Examining
External Examiner for PhD Candidate, The Music Department, De Montford University, Leicester, July 2019
External Examiner for PhD Candidate, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh, October 2018
External Examiner for MA by Research Candidates, University of Huddersfield, October 2018, 2013, 2010
External Examiner for PhD Candidate, Department of Music, University of Glasgow, May 2016
External Examiner for MLitt in Popular Music, Department of Music, University of Glasgow
September 2013 - 2016
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External Adviser for course validation, BA and CertHE Creative Musicianship
ICMP and The University of East London, October 2019
External Consultant, Programme Development team for BA Creative Music Production
Oxford Brookes University, September - November 2015