Composer
Liam James Wade
Biography
Liam James Wade
Composer
Liam Wade is co-founder and Executive Director of CMASH; collaborations with CMASH performers have led to performances and outreach presentations across the United States, Canada and France.
Since 2008, he has composed 11 songs for soprano Ann Moss (all of which premiered on CMASH's New American Chamber Music concerts). Wade's collaboration with the Cecilia String Quartet has produced two string quartets. Notable performances have been with La Jolla Music Society, ProQuartet and at the Toronto Music Garden. Last December his String Quartet #4 was premiered by the Hausmann Quartet on Classical Revolution's Red Poppy concerts. His current collaborations are with the Bay area's One Art Ensemble, Picasso Quartet and the Empyrean Ensemble for concerts scheduled throughout 2010.
Wade studied composition at La Schola Cantorum in Paris, France and with Howard Frazin the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. He continued his study of counterpoint and composition as a private student of Dr. Philip Lasser in New York. He is currently pursuing a M.A. at the University of California Davis where he studies composition with Kurt Rohde.