Louise Rossiter

Louise Rossiter

Louise Rossiter (1986) is an Electroacoustic composer based in Leicester, UK. Louise’s research interests include expectation in acousmatic music, silence and music, acoustic ecology, multi-channel composition and spatialisation. She completed a PhD at De Montfort University, Leicester under the supervision of John Young and Simon Emmerson,
having studied previously under Pete Stollery, Robert Dow and Robert Normandeau.

Her current research carries on from doctoral research to explore ways in which interactions of sound, silence, and timbral blending might evoke implications, expectations and questions. She has recently completed a series of pieces which explore the work of Fritz Kahn. Dr Kahn’s work revolutionised the area of infographics by producing images representing the human anatomy
as complex pieces of machinery.

Louise’s works aim to provide a highly immersive sonic experience which are in some way, unpredictable. Previous projects have focused on silence, contrasting real and imaginary places and enigmatic sound.

Her works have been performed and broadcast internationally at EMS, Electronic Music Week (Shanghai), Influx (Musiques et Reserches), L’espace du sons, NYCEMF, BEAST, SSSP, Sound Festival, Soundings…, Sound Junction, Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium, Bologna Conservatory of Music and Electroacoustic Wales. Louise has also been invited to present her work and research as featured artist at BEAST (2018), USSS (Sheffield) (2019), Electric Spring Festival (Huddersfield) (2020) amongst others. In 2019, Louise’s work Homo Machina was selected to represent the UK at CIME in Krakow.

She is also a judge for a number of international composition competitions including Musica Nova (Prague), CIME, Prix Russolo, Destellos, and others. Louise has also had works awarded in several international competitions, including in the Destellos International Composition Competition, Musica Nova (Prague), Franz Liszt Stipendium (Weimar), Electronic Music Week (Shanghai) and in 2012 was awarded joint-first prize in the prestigious L’espace du son international spatialisation competition. In 2021, she was awarded the Prix Russolo for Synapse.