Naarm/Melbourne based, Stella is a versatile guitarist, singer/songwriter, composer and performer, continually seeking for innovative sounds across genres. With an established background in jazz and composition, Stella’s practice has recently expanded to incorporate the singer/songwriter genre and aesthetic in her work. Recognised as a musician, a part of a new generation of jazz in Melbourne, her work has expanded and evolved in parallel with her life which has been transformed by becoming a mother. Stella’s new found pathways of experimentation in songwriting and the discovery of her voice as an expressive instrument is a lateral extension of the foundation of musicianship developed over decades as a practicing artist.