Born in Hertfordshire, Louise recently received a First Class (Hons) Degree from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama studying under the tuition of Kathleen McKellar-Ferguson.

After moving to Derbyshire in 1994 Louise became a member of the internationally renowned 'Cantamus Girls Choir' based in Mansfield. For the following nine years she travelled extensively with them to places including Israel, Italy and the Czechoslovakian Republic and received lessons from Pamela Cook, MBE.

Since commencing her degree at the RSAMD in 2002, Louise's successes include ‘Winner’ of the Jean Highgate Scholarship, finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary for Young Singers, ‘Winner’ of The Governors Recital Prize 2005 and 'Winner' of the Frank Spedding Leider prize 2006.

She has appeared in the chorus in R.S.A.M.D productions of Handel's 'Alcina' and Verdi's 'Falstaff' and has understudied the role of Oberon in Britten's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. In 2005 Louise made her principal debut at The New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow as ‘Arnalta’ in Monteverdi’s ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea ‘. Since then she has also sung ‘Third Lady’ in Judith Weir’s ‘The Vanishing Bridegroom’ and 'Old Woman' in Jonathan Dove's 'Flight'. Recent engagements include: ‘Lehrbuben’ in Wagner’s ‘Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg’ (Usher Hall) with the BBC SSO for The Edinburgh International Festival, Ravel’s ‘Daphnis et Chloe’ for Ilan Volkov at The City Halls (Glasgow) and Handel’s ‘Israel in Egypt’ for The Edinburgh Singers St Mary’s Cathedral (Edinburgh).

In September 2006 Louise embarked on a Post Graduate Diploma Concert Singing course at the R.S.A.M.D.

Future engagements include: Handel’s ‘Messiah’ for Lutz Kohler (Berlin and Potsdam), The Chevron Texaco Gala Concert (Drum Castle, Aberdeen) and a performance for George Benjamin with The Hebrides Ensemble (Glasgow).