Patrick Liddell

Patrick Liddell is a composer and video artist living in Oakland, California. He earned his Doctor of Music from Northwestern University in 2009. His thesis is titled “Arrow To The Sun: Postmodernism As Compositional Tool”, which outlines the contextual processes in postmodernist art, as well as includes a detailed description of the compositional, theoretical, and contextual framework for all his output. The music from “Arrow To The Sun” was the basis for Liddell’s first solo studio release. Career He has worked as a member of many ensembles within many genres, including The Zvooks (ska, reggae, Chicago/Germany), Function Ensemble (progressive rock, Melbourne/Chicago), Maurice (math rock, Chicago), The University of Chicago Gamelan, aperiodic (art music, Chicago), The University of California, Berkeley Gamelan (Javanese, Sari Raras), Gamelan Encinal (new music, Mills College, Oakland, CA), Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Balinese, Berkeley, CA), Steady Eddy And The Shakers (soul and funk covers, San Francisco), and ANiMA Art And Music (electronic, Seattle). Liddell has regularly performed live and improvised video as a guest with countless groups in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, as