performance
performance
As a performer I like to focus on complexity, delicacy, and unconventional sound worlds. My most often performed works are Kaija Saariaho’s Sept Papillons, Isang Yun’s Gliseés, and Kevin Kay’s coalescing.
composition
composition
As a composer my works are focused on memory, polyphony, and repetition. Contact me at liam.battle.cello@gmail.com for scores.
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Two Ballades for solo cello, 2021
Ca. 10’
Chaconne for solo violin, 2023
Ca. 15’
Lament for solo cello, 2023
Ca. 8’
Four Preludes for solo piano, 2024
Ca. 15’
Structures for solo soprano, 2024
Ca. 4’
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13 Images from the Promised Land for cello and analog synthesizer, 2022
Ca. 20’
stumbling, a triptych for cello, dance, and fixed electronics, 2024
Ca. 40’
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String quartet, 2019
Ca. 20’
My life had stood a loaded gun for mezzo and piano, 2022
Ca. 4’
Degenerate (v.) for violin and cello
Ca. 10’
writing
writing
My writing can best be understood under the umbrella of critical musicology. This encompasses a focus on aesthetics, critical theory, and semiotics. I also focus on the research on the music of underrepresented composers and making their work more accessible to performers.
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(forthcoming) arrangement of George Walker's Dialogus for cello and piano (ex. 2024)
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Aesthetic Implications of Isang Yun’s Glissées: Subverting Latent Orientalism through Cultural Hybridity (2024)
to be presented at the AMS Midwest fall meeting, 2025
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coming soon