Liam Hockley

A versatile musician for whom "alternative or avant-garde approaches to his instrument are only part of the everyday tool kit" (Georgia Straight), Canadian clarinetist Dr. Liam Hockley is a dynamic performer of classical music and passionate advocate for new and experimental music. His repertoire encompasses not only the standard clarinet repertoire from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, but also the results of numerous collaborations with Canadian and international composers on innovative new works.

Liam has performed as a soloist or ensemble member on three continents, including appearances on Vancouver New Music's concert series, Music on Main's Modulus Festival (Vancouver), the SALT New Music Festival and Symposium (Victoria), KLANGRAUM (Düsseldorf), the Stockhausen-Konzert und -Kurse Kürten, A Place to Listen (Victoria), the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, NUNC! (Evanston), and the Kuandu Arts Festival (Taipei). He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in clarinet performance from the University of British Columbia.