Louise Bellhouse grew up in Winnipeg. She was inspired to make a career as a violin teacher and a symphony musician after studying at the Banff School of Fine Arts for four summers. She played with the Winnipeg Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the National Youth Orchestra before joining Orchestra London. Louise loves the variety in her profession which also includes teaching private students the violin, coaching chamber music and performing solos and chamber music. Her hobbies include cooking, gardening, hiking, and social and international folk dancing. Louise is married to a statistician and amateur French horn player, and has two daughters, both of whom play the violin.