1st Edition
Global Percussion Innovations The Australian Perspective
1. Contemporary percussion in Australia: the 1960s and 1970s 2. The emergence of Australian contemporary percussion: 1970s Melbourne 3. Contemporary percussion ensembles in Sydney 4. Contemporary percussion in Adelaide 5. Percussion in Western Australia 6. Percussion in Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart 7. The question of identity: looking back, looking out, looking in, looking forward
Biography
Louise Devenish’s artistic practice lies at the nexus of performance, research and education in percussion. Key projects include APRA AMC award-winning solo series Music for One Percussionist, The Sound Collectors duo, Australia’s leading percussion group Speak Percussion (Vic) and acclaimed electroacoustic sextet Decibel (WA), with whom she regularly performs at major festivals throughout Australasia, Europe, North America and the UK. A passionate advocate of new and Australian music, Louise has commissioned over 50 works for percussion, released solo album music for percussion and electronics (Tall Poppies) and published in Contemporary Music Review, Percussive Notes and Musicology Australia. Louise is Head of Percussion at the University of Western Australia Conservatorium of Music and is a Churchill Fellow.
