LIAM HOCKLEY is a versatile musician for whom “alternative or avant-garde approaches to his instrument are only part of the everyday tool kit” (Georgia Straight).  Liam holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of British Columbia and maintains an active freelance schedule in both Victoria and Vancouver.  He joined the Victoria Consevatory of Music’s Classical Music Winds and Brass Faculty in November 2019.

As a dynamic performer of classical music and passionate advocate for new and experimental music, Liam’s 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), the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, NUNC! (Evanston), and the Kuandu Arts Festival (Taipei).