Having achieved her ATCL Diploma with distinction aged 16 (saxophone), Louisa made her concerto debut a year later with the Glazanov Saxophone Concerto, conducted by Gonzalo Acosta, and later won the woodwind categories of the St Albans and Rickmansworth Young Musician competitions. She went on to win a Leverhulme Arts Scholarship to the Royal College of Music where she studied saxophone with Martin Robertson, clarinet with Janet Hilton, and jazz flute with Andy Panayi. Louisa was a woodwind finalist in the RCM’s concerto competition with Villa Lobos’ Fantasia and continues to enjoy classical solo performance since graduating in 2023 with First Class Honours. She has recently given recitals at St Mary’s, Barnes and St Michael’s, Highgate and played in masterclasses with Gerard McChrystal and Marcus Weiss.

Louisa has performed with orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, Pegasus Opera, Tête-á-Tête Opera, and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. She is also in demand as a woodwind ‘trebler’ and, since making her West-End Debut at the London Palladium in 2022, has Musical Theatre credits that include White Christmas (The Mill at Sonning) Hairspray (Epsom Playhouse), Anything Goes (Thames Christian School), Merrily We Roll Along (RCSSD), Sister Act (Epsom Playhouse), and Curtains (RCSSD). She was a regular member of the RCM Jazz Orchestra and later lead clarinet for Lewes Big Band, and has had commercial bookings ranging from televised events at OVO Wembley Arena to the red carpet at World Vogue.