Bio:
Liam Marchant (b. 1999) is a composer living in Chicago. His work focuses on combining conceptualizations of gesture, space, and dense harmony. Liam loves to write works that are engaging, challenging, and rewarding for a performer and envelop a listener into a unique sound world based in the embodied physical experience of music.
He has studied with Osnat Netzer, Christopher Jones, Ruby Fulton and Daniel Bukvich. He has had works performed by members of Ensemble Dal Niente, The Grossman Ensemble, MIVOS Quartet, and DePaul Ensemble 20+. He has had works premiered in Idaho, Washington, New Hampshire, Chicago, and New York.
Liam is an active musician and teacher. He plays piano, organ, saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He holds a Bachelor’s in Music Composition and Saxophone Performance from University of Idaho and a Master’s in Music Composition from DePaul School of Music.
He is originally from Boise, Idaho. He enjoys bike riding and bird watching.
Liam’s CV (updated March 2026)
Artist Statement:
How can sound transform us?
My work looks to explore ideas of the singular/multiple and the internal/external.
The multiplicity of stillness and the tranquility of chaos.
The infinitesimal sonic interactions that pin our day-to-day canvas of an ever-connected web of humanity deserve reverence and exploration. I aim to strengthen our relation with sound as a composer, performer, improviser, and educator.
Sometimes, the most powerful of transformations are the most obvious ones.
My process lives at an intersection of procedural and algorithmic generation of material and innate kinesthetic experience. These are some of the questions I continually ask in my work:
How can event duration and rhythm be unified in form and surface features?
How can I measure the components of my work to actively predict how my voice acts and changes?
In summing up kinetic metaphor in my work, how can narrative or experience be inferred or applied?
