The Sound Collectors Lab

A modular studio-lab directed by Louise Devenish dedicated to the research, development and creation of new music, with a focus on the percussive arts, various keyboards and intermedial creative practices. We research and develop new modes of music creation, notation and presentation, apply them in collaborative performance works, and critically reflect on these practices and methodologies through public performances, recordings, talks and scholarly publications. Established in 2012, The Sound Collectors Lab evolved to current formation in 2020. Based at Monash University, the studio-lab expands to a wider group of creative collaborators including artists, artist-scholars and academics interested in interdisciplinary research-based artistic practice working across composition, sound design, performance, studio engineering, design and the visual arts. Current projects include a suite of post-instrumental works for percussion and electronics, and a collection of new repertoire for percussion and piano by Australian composers.

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Decibel
Decibel

Decibel are world leaders in the integration of acoustic instruments and electronics, the interpretation of graphic notations and pioneering digital score formats for composition and performance including the Decibel ScorePlayer for iPad. Decibel is directed by Cat Hope. Louise has been a core artist with Decibel since 2013.

The Sound Collectors Lab
The Sound Collectors Lab

A studio-lab directed by Louise Devenish dedicated to the research, development and creation of new music, with a focus on the percussive arts, various keyboards and intermedial creative practices. We research and develop new modes of music creation, notation and presentation, apply them in collaborative performance works, and critically reflect on these practices and methodologies through public performances, recordings, talks and scholarly publications.

Intercurrent
Intercurrent

Artists in Residence at the University of Western Australia, Intercurrent is a contemporary classical chamber music performance project co-directed by Louise Devenish (percussion), Lachlan Skipworth (composition), Emily Green-Armytage (piano) and Ashley Smith (clarinets). Together, the ensemble commissions new Australian music and performs celebrated twentieth music by composers such as Glass, Reich, Pärt and Lutoslawski.

Speak Percussion
Speak Percussion

Speak Percussion takes percussive art to its physical and conceptual extremes. They shape the sounds of 21st century Australian percussion music through the creation and presentation of ambitious arts projects. Internationally recognised as a leader in the fields of experimental and contemporary classical music, Speak redefines the potential of percussion.