Louise Devenish

Dr. Louise Devenish is an Australian percussionist and teacher at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia).

Louise Devenish is a percussionist whose creative practice blends performance, artistic research, and creative collaboration with composers, visual artists, designers and improvisors.

A passionate advocate of new music, Louise has commissioned over 50 works for percussion, and her performances are acknowledged for their ‘dazzling vitality’, ‘stunning virtuosity’, ‘interpretive flair and technical brilliance’. As a soloist and with ensembles including acclaimed electroacoustic sextet Decibel (WA), studio-lab The Sound Collectors Lab, and chamber ensemble Intercurrent, she develops new works exploring graphic notation, post-instrumental practice and collaborative creativity, performing around Australasia, Europe, North America and the UK.