Louise Devenish
Dr Louise Devenish is a contemporary percussionist whose creative practice blends performance, collaboration and artistic research. As a soloist and with ensembles including Decibel, The Sound Collectors Lab and Intercurrent, she develops new works exploring notation, post-instrumental practice and collaborative creativity, performing around Australasia, Europe, North America and UK. Louise has collaborated on award-winning recordings with these ensembles and others including Speak Percussion and Synergy Percussion, released on Hat Art, Listen/Hear, Immediata, Innova and room40, as well as her debut album music for percussion and electronics (Tall Poppies). Louise is Senior Research Fellow (ARC DECRA) and Percussion Coordinator at Monash University. She is a Churchill Fellow, and recently published her first book Global Percussion Innovations: An Australian Perspective (2019). Published in journals including Contemporary Music Review, Tempo, Musicology Australia and Percussive Notes, her writing on music focuses on music and gender, Australian music, performance and notation. Louise regularly convenes events including the annual Day of Percussion (2012-2020) and Gender Diversity in Music and Art conference (2019).