Biography

Andrea Stolpe is a songwriter, performing artist, and educator.  She has worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing with songs recorded by such artists as Faith Hill, Daniel Lee Martin, Julianne Hough, Jimmy Wayne, and others.  Andrea is the author and instructor of the course Commercial Songwriting Techniques, part of Berklee College of Music’s online songwriting program.  Her book Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, describes how to apply a unique process for uniting the artistic voice with the commercial market. 

In the summer of 2007, Andrea took up a microphone to record an album of her own.  Breaking Even is the culmination of a search for her own artistic identity, with songs revealing her struggles with success and failure, faith and doubt, and finding purpose in an uncertain world.

Andrea continues to tour and serve as a guest clinician nationally and abroad.  She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, recording engineer Jan Teddy.

Professional Experience

Current Professional Affiliation(s):
Staff songwriter, SonicArt Productions
Instructor of Songwriting, Berklee Music
Career Highlights:

•  "Behind the Songs," NBC special performance with Faith Hill (2006)
  
•  "Breaking Even", (2007) SonicArt Records

Honors, Awards & Competitions:

• SESAC Award 1997
• ASCAP Award 1998

Music Festivals:

• Grammy Camp, Los Angeles, CA
• Recording Academy of Oslo, Oslo, Norway           
  
• Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
• Speech Level Singing Camp, Los Angeles, CA   
  
• Swannanoa Gathering, Asheville, NC
• MN Songwriter’s Association, Minneapolis, MN
  

Recordings:

•     Faith Hill

    Album: Fireflies, (2005) Warner Bros.
    Song: You Stay With Me
    Writer(s): Andrea Stolpe/John Kennedy
   

•     Julianne Hough

    Album: Julianne Hough, (2008) Mercury Nashville
    Song: I’d Just Be With You
    Writer(s): Andrea Stolpe/John Kennedy
   

•     Daniel Lee Martin

    Album:  All That I Am, (2003) Chin Music
    Songs:     The Closest Thing
                    All That I Am
    Writer(s): Andrea Stolpe
   
    Album:  On My Way to You (2007) Chin Music
    Songs:  Just What You Did
                 That’s What God Made Rivers For
    Writer(s): Andrea Stolpe  

•     Andrea Stolpe

    Album:  Breaking Even, (2007) SonicArt Records
    Writer(s): Andrea Stolpe
                    Jan Teddy

• Film: School of Seduction (2007) Lions Gate Home Ent. UK Ltd

    Song: Lost
    Writer(s): Andrea Stolpe/Stephen RobsonPublications:

• Stolpe, Andrea (2007).  Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, Berklee Press
• The Career Songwriter, Berkleemusic.com weekly web blog

Academic Degrees

• BM, Berklee College of Music, 1998

Other Academic Experience:
Studied with

• Bob Winter
• Pat Pattison