
Charlotte Devlin
Scottish Composer
Charlotte Devlin (she/her) is a composer and performer from South Lanarkshire, Scotland. She creates immersive works that blur genre boundaries and invite audience participation, blending her love of dance with sound. Combining her commitment to accessibility in music with her training in sonic arts during her composition degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Charlotte explores the use of everyday objects and sounds as instruments, transforming them through digital processing and occasionally incorporating spoken voice from her own interviews. Her practice examines music from a sonic and textural perspective. Passionate about collaboration, she frequently works with a wide range of artists, from filmmakers, performers, and dancers resulting in exciting multidisciplinary projects.
Over the years she has written for many instrumentalists including Percussionist Callum Speirs and Ensembles such as Red Note and Edinburgh Quartet. Alongside this, she has had some pieces featured in the PLUG festival run by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She has scored numerous short films including 'Moving' by Seyma Dag, 'Heartbreak in The City' by Tabitha Dearie, 'Pink Confessions' By Maria Farres Fernandez and 'Blue' by Erin Williamson.
Charlotte is also an instrumentalist regularly performing on Drums, Tin Whistle and Keys. She has experience in an array of concert and theatre settings as both an instrumentalist and performer. in 2024 she performed as a drummer, singer and character in the RCS production of 'The Knight of The Burning Pestle' directed by Marc Silberschatz.
She is the session drummer for Glasgow based singer/songwriter Sam K, and is also a member of the experimental Glasgow-based collective 'Mt. Rain' which has performed in venues across the City including Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at the 2024 Chinese New Year Gala.
