Louise Denson Music

28/07/2024

28/07/2024

Here are a few clips from our gig last night at SAC! Full house, we had a great time. So fun to play with such excellent musos - Kelly Ottaway, Hamish Houston, Maggie Abraham, Elias Solis and Tom Robb - and to play some of my favorite repertoire!

17/06/2024

You may not be aware (because he's not on FB) that Spike Mason has put out another recording. You can find it here - featuring a cast of fabulous musicians from Hobart, Sydney and beyond (including yours truly). Check it out!

16 track album

16/06/2024

Well, that was a very fun gig at Shippies with Hamish. Hobart peeps, put this on your jazz radar, it's in a nice corner off the main bar with good acoustics, warm and intimate. A great spot to hear your favorite local improvisers!

21/05/2024

Here's a taste of the repertoire I'll be playing with Helen Russell and Paul Hudson this Friday!
https://louisedenson.bandcamp.com/track/serious-undertaking

Get your tickets here - https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML78WCHN46YBP/checkout/6TBLMT6MPSSOVJBQS7U7RTYJ

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19/05/2024

Here's one of the many beautiful tunes we'll be playing next Friday at Panezski Artisan Distillery!
https://louisedenson.bandcamp.com/track/para-te-ver
Tickets available here:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML78WCHN46YBP/checkout/6TBLMT6MPSSOVJBQS7U7RTYJ

from the album Nova Nova

24/04/2024

Hey everyone, Muses Trio album is doing really well - which is not a surprise! Check it out on Spotify, or buy a copy at Bandcamp...

"Stunning new album" - thank you ABC Classic for your support of 10 Years as feature album last week.

Can you help us get to 1,000 plays on Spotify? You can find all our albums there, or you can support us by purchasing the album on Bandcamp https://muses-trio.bandcamp.com 🙏🏻

Album cover and booklet design: Trudy Renee
Sound engineering, mixing and mastering: Geoff McGahan

11/04/2024

Get ready to turn up the radio, our latest album is going to be Album of the Week on ABC Classic FM next week! 10 Years will be featured Mon-Friday on Drive, and Mon- Sunday on the Breakfast program.

You'll hear music by our gorgeous Australian feature composers:
, Louise Denson, , Elena Kats-Chernin, , superbly recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by the genius Geoff McGahan.

Thanks again to for the stunning artwork - mwah, and to UQ School of Music for partnering with us in recording the album.

What's your favourite track on 10 Years?

24/03/2024

Looking forward to a weekend of musical goodies in at the Huon Valley Chamber Music Festival, including the jazz chamber concert on Saturday. We (Belle Epoque) will be playing 4 of my arrangements for 3 cellos and Bb clarinet (to be played by extraordinary Paul Dean no less!), in amongst our jazz quintet arrangements. A great way to spend the Easter weekend!

Full program and ticket link here:
https://huonmusic.au/whats-on/145-2024-easter

07/03/2024

A special International Women's Day project from this fabulous trio of top musicians! Really happy to be part of it!

An extra Happy International Women's Day for us as we launch our new album celebrating our first decade together of championing music composed by women, performed by women.

This album is a celebration of fantastic Australian women composers, supportive friendships, and making this happen against the odds. Together, we have created an offering of beauty for a troubled world.

There are so many to thank:
, Louise Denson, , Elena Kats-Chernin, .

Our fantastic sound engineer , gorgeous artwork by , UQ School of Music for partnering with us for this album, and everyone who supported us through the Australia Cultural Fund and pre-purchasing the album on Bandcamp.

We would love to hear your reactions to the album - grab a cuppa and turn up the volume on your favourite streaming service x
https://muses-trio.ampl.ink/o4bmw

02/03/2024

The Clarence Jazz Festival has been just fantastic this year - as every year since I've lived here, actually. Highlights have been anything and everything that CJF ambassador Shannon Barnett has played in, especially her trio with Andrea Keller and Sam Anning. Beautiful, subtle, deep music.

Also Elly Hoyt's Composers' Voice featuring the above + Spike Mason and Konrad Park. Playful, groovy, joyous, moving.

Congrats to Sasha Gavlek for a really top drawer show with her collaborators from the Melbourne International Women's Jazz Festival.

And a serious shout-out to Kelly Kreativelly Ottaway and Modern Operative for a knock out performance! Difficult music sounding easy and virtuosic!

23/02/2024

Get tickets on Humanitix - Clarence Jazz Festival 2024: Big Day in the Park hosted by Clarence Arts & Events. Clarence Jazz Festival Hub | Rosny Farm Arts Centre & Rosny Barn, Lot 2 Rosny Hill Rd, Rosny Park TAS 7018, Australia. Saturday 2nd March 2024. Find event information.

08/02/2024

Abstracts due this week for the AJIRN conference!

The AJIRN committee is pleased to announce that AJIRN 7 + will be held at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance (Monash University) from the 30th of May to the 2nd of June 2024. An ‘umbrella’ conference, starting on the evening of the 30th of May, is addressing gender equity and diver...

05/02/2024

Performed at launch weekend of the Richmond Tasmania Bicentenary with support from Arts Tasmania. Commissioned by Clarence Council Arts and Events via a Fest...

05/02/2024

And - the video of Bridge also just published!

Bridge is a 3 part work written to commemorate the placing of the first stone for the construction of the iconic Richmond Bridge. It was premiered on the lau...

05/02/2024

The video of mulaka milaythina is now available on YouTube! Thanks to Caleb Miller of mac40 Media for the brilliant video work!

Performed at launch weekend of the Richmond Tasmania Bicentenary with support from Arts Tasmania. Commissioned by Clarence Council Arts and Events via a Fest...

28/01/2024

Where have I been and what have I been up to, you may well be wondering...? It's been a quiet summer gig-wise, aside from regular Mondays at Mona with Danny Healy's By Hand project, but I've been busy writing. Just finished an SATB choral arrangement inspired by working as a volunteer for the Digital History Tasmania project, transcribing convict records for research purposes. Fascinating stuff!

26/01/2024

The Muses Trio celebrate a decade together with a world premiere studio recording of a three-movement piano trio by award-winning pianist, composer and educator Louise Denson.

26/01/2024

I'm honored to be among the chosen composers for Muses Trio's tenth anniversary recording project! And we would be honored if you would contribute to this worthy project via this link - https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2E9q000000J1mqEAC/muses-trio-record-new-piano-trios-by-louise-denson

Don't delay, the project is well underway!

The Muses Trio celebrate a decade together with a world premiere studio recording of a three-movement piano trio by award-winning pianist, composer and educator Louise Denson.

04/01/2024

04/01/2024

Happy New Year everyone! Here are some photos from a month ago, Dec 9, when we performed mulaka milaythina and Bridge for the Richmond Tasmania Bicentenary launch weekend. Many thanks to Caleb Miller of Mac40 Media for these and for a soon to be uploaded video of the evening. And many thanks to all the musicians and crew who made the evening memorable!