Australian String Quartet + Lou Bennett AM - Extending String Quartet: Quartet & Country

Australian String Quartet

Dr Lou Bennett AM is a Performer, Songwriter, Artistic Director, Composer and Academic from the Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung people in Echuca, Victoria. As a musician and researcher, Lou’s work is committed to leading social change in Australia through arts-based practice and community engagement. Completing her PhD at RMIT in 2015, Lou’s dissertation discusses the importance and relevance of Aboriginal language retrieval, reclamation and regeneration through art to community health and wellbeing. As the McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Lou continues researching the obstacles and ethical issues related to retrieving and transmitting Aboriginal languages cross-culturally and across different generations.