The Series
A concert series rooted in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, Arbour is a platform dedicated to unbroken, evening-length programs developed in an uncompromising curatorial spirit. Collaboratively calling upon outstanding musicians from the local and international musical community, and drawing its repertoire from a demographically and aesthetically broad range of contemporary musical practices, the series understands concert-programs themselves as essentially composed: the insight of specific performers illuminating a mindfully ordered constellation of works. Embarking on this undertaking with a deep commitment to musical generosity, we welcome you to our programming.
The Co-Directors
A versatile musician for whom “alternative or avant-garde approaches to his instrument are only part of the everyday tool kit” (Georgia Straight), clarinetist Liam Hockley is a dynamic performer and passionate advocate for new and experimental music. Liam’s recent solo appearances include the Vancouver New Music concert series, the SALT New Music Festival and Symposium, Music on Main’s Modulus Festival, KLANGRAUM (Düsseldorf), the Stockhausen-Konzert und -Kurse Kürten, Quiet City, the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, NUNC! (Evanston), and the Kuandu Arts Festival (Taipei). Liam holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in clarinet performance from the University of British Columbia.
As a composer, Max Murray’s current and past collaborators include musicians Christopher Otto (NYC), Noa Frenkel (Tel Aviv), and Liam Hockley (Vancouver), among others. As a performer, he has worked in a variety of contexts including the academy programming of the Berlin Philharmonic, two Siemens Stiftung composer portrait recordings, and a recent duo release with Weston Olencki. For the past four years he has directed and managed Harvard University’s GSAS Symphony Orchestra where he is a PhD candidate in composition.