Louisa Trewartha (pronounced true-author) is a versatile musician: a trumpet player, composer, conductor, educator, and adjudicator.
Performance
Louisa completed a BMus in 2010 at the University of Melbourne, and in 2013 studied at the Australian National Academy of Music, mentored by trumpet pedagogues David Elton and Tristram Williams. As an orchestral trumpet player Louisa regularly performs with Orchestra Victoria, and has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Concertgebouw, Shanghai Concert Hall, and the Berlin Konzerthaus. Louisa has performed with renowned conductors Sir Mark Elder, Simone Young, Christoph Eschenbach, and Barry Wordsworth, and soloists such as Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kauffman, Joshua Bell, and William Barton. In 2022, Louisa became a Yamaha artist.
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Louisa has been the Contract Tutti Trumpet for 2023 with Orchestra Victoria and a Casual Musician with Orchestra Victoria since 2009, performing in numerous ballets and operas throughout her time there.
Her work with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as a casual musician since 2014 has included Education Week, Metropolis Concert, Classic Kids, Gala Concert, Brass Ensemble at Melbourne International Fashion Festival, and the Paper Planes movie soundtrack recording by Nigel Westlake.
As a freelance trumpet player since 2009, she has performed at festivals including Ballarat Goldfields Festival, Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, Woodend Winter Arts Festival, and Homophonic!. She has played alongside many choirs including Gloriana Chamber Choir, Trinity College Choir, Ormond College Choir, Newman College Choir, St John’s Southgate, Melbourne Opera, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, and the Australian Boys Choir.
Louisa is an alumni of the Australian Youth Orchestra.
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Trumpet Bb/C , Piccolo Trumpet, Baroque Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn
Composition
Louisa completed a Masters in Scoring for Film and Visual Media in 2016 at Pulse College, Dublin, and in 2017 participated in the Australian Composers School with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She has since been commissioned to write larger ensemble works for groups such as Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, The Regional Centre for Culture, the Mid America Freedom Band, and chamber works for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Solstice Trio, Duo Eclettico, and Three Shades Black.
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Inspire, for brass ensemble, commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra as part of Fifty Fanfares, 2020
Weave Magic Secrets, brass trio, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, premiered Llewelyn Hall, 2023
Baroque Quartet, Croissants & Whisky, commissioned thanks to the City of Melbourne Covid-19 Quick response Arts Grants for Homophonic!, premiered April 2021
Shimmer, string quintet and vocal ensemble SSATTB, commissioned by Miranda Hill of 3 Shades Black, premiered March 2021 at regional Homophonic!
Things We Carry, for piano trio, commissioned by Solstice Trio, premiered at Melbourne Recital Centre salon, October 2019
Stethoscope, for string quintet and vocal ensemble SATB, commissioned by 3 Shades Black, premiered January 2019 at Homophonic!
Freewheel | Cassette, for four strings and four screens, May 2017
Thin Boundaries, for chamber ensemble, May 2017
At Night the Owl Hunts, for beginner string orchestra, winner of South Carolina Music Educators Association Orchestra Division, Sight-Reading Composition Project, Grade Level 2, 2017
Isolation, film score, August 2016 (Masters Degree)
Electrical Synapse, Feb 2016 (Masters Degree)
Nonet, Oct 2015 (Masters Degree)
Memories for a Stranger, Trio for soprano, horn, and piano, commissioned by Ensemble Goldentree, premiered Jan 2016
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Telegram, solo trumpet, Xavier College, 2024
We Are Made of Star-Stuff, tenor horn and piano, commissioned by Linda Ely, 2023
Instinct, horn in F and piano, commissioned by Phoebe Smithies, premiered March 2022
Footprints at Gantheaume Point, for trombone and piano, 2022 (VCE LIST)
Trentham Falls in Early Summer, for Bb trumpet and piano, 2021
Fire Line Suite, for soprano saxophone and piano, commissioned by Duo Eclettico, premiered 2022 (VCE LIST)
The Joker has a Heart of Gold, for Bb cornet and piano, 2021
The Helmsman, for solo guitar, 2020
Flugelhorn Concerto, for Flugelhorn and Piano, 2014 (VCE LIST)
Trumpet Concerto, for Trumpet in C and Piano, 2010 (ed. 2018)
Vignette, for piano, Sep 2015 (Masters)
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The Adventure of Jac & Dyl, for symphony orchestra, workshopped and premiered by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian Composers School October, 2017
Flugelhorn Concerto, for chamber orchestra, Feb 2015
Trumpet Concerto, for Chamber Orchestra 2010, re-edited 2018
Evolution, recorded in Bulgaria, May 2016 (Masters)
Work for Uilleann Pipes, for Orchestra, Nov 2015 (Masters)
Rescoring of Shutter Island Dream Scene, March 2016 (Masters)
Rescoring of scene from A Beautiful Mind, Feb 2016 (Masters)
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Suite Water, brass quintet, ABC Classic & Jazz composer commissioning fund, 2023
Inspire, brass ensemble, commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra as part of Fifty Fanfares Project, 2020
Joyelle, brass band ensemble, written for our wedding, 2022
Flight, commissioned by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, premiered October 2018
Drone Swarm, for Trumpet and Electronics, composed for Elliott Hughes. Premiered August, 2018
Glamfare, for brass quintet and kit, 2014
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Trumpet Concerto, for Chamber Orchestra or piano reduction, premiered 2010, re-edited 2018
Flugelhorn Concerto, for chamber orchestra or piano reduction, Feb 2015
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The Nature of Sound, for massed pipes and brass, commissioned by the Regional Centre for Culture, recorded in December 2018 [premiere rained-out in September 2018]
The Bendigo Boom: A Miniature Musical, for massed choir, band, and narrator, commissioned by the Bendigo Instrumental Music Program, celebrating their 30th anniversary, supported by the Regional Centre for Culture. Premiered June 2018
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Silver Lake, concert band, commissioned by the Mid America Freedom Band, August 2017
Conducting
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Louisa was the musical director of Footscray-Yarraville City Band from 2019 to 2022, one of Melbourne’s leading A grade brass bands. She also has experience conducting orchestras, wind bands, massed bands, and recording sessions.
Teaching
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Louisa began teaching trumpet lessons in 2007 and continues to take on a select number of private trumpet students. Lessons are online and in-person, with a yearly student concert held in early Term 4.
She has taught trumpet and additional brass instruments as an instrumental music teacher at Catherine McAuley College (2021), Sacré Cœur (2018-2021), Camberwell Grammar School (2011-12, 2017), Blackburn High School (2019), Scotch College (2016), Eltham College (2016-17), Melbourne Girls Grammar School (2011-2015), Wyndham Central Secondary College (2015), Caulfield Grammar School (2014), Aquinas College (2014), Siena College (2014), and Star of the Sea College (2011).As a tutor, Louisa has worked with the Australian Youth Orchestra Young Symphonists program (2015, 2017, 2022), Melbourne Youth Orchestras Summer School (2012, 2018, 2019, 2022), Bendigo Instrumental Music Program music week (2016), Orchestra Victoria mOVe program (2014, 2015, 2022), and State Music Camp (2014).
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For private students and guardians, please view the Teaching Guidelines.
Adjudicating
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2022
Bands Weekend, Bendigo Competitions, Adjudicator
2019
Attended adjudication intensive held by Maestros With a Mission
Brass Solos, Ensembles, and Bands, Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod, Adjudicator
Secondary Colleges Instrumental, Bendigo Competitions, Adjudicator
2018
Juvenile and Junior Solos, Solo and Ensemble Championships, Victorian Bands League, Adjudicator
Open Flugelhorn Solo, Australian National Band Championships, Co-Adjudicator
2016
Leila Watson Memorial Music championship, Bendigo Competitions, Panel Member