Single Reed Expressions, Vol. 3

Featuring

Ronald Caravan
Sar-Shalom Strong
Johannes Brahms
Claude Debussy
Walter Hartley
Erwin Dressel

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Album & Artwork

The 'Single Reed Expressions' series, of which this album is Volume 3, organizes its literature with a stylistically varied group of clarinet works followed by a similarly varied set of saxophone pieces.

Compositional Technique

Each disc in the 'Single Reed Expressions' series includes at least one piece that uses unconventional sound techniques for clarinet or saxophone, such as quarter-tone intervals, timbre variation, and multiphonics.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded between June 1999 and January 2009 at Syracuse University, Colgate University, and Hamilton College, utilizing Steinway & Sons pianos and specific Buffet and Selmer instruments.

Performer Biography

Ronald Caravan is particularly known for his compositions and teaching materials related to non-traditional sounds, and his doctoral dissertation, 'Extensions of Technique for Clarinet and Saxophone,' has been a standard reference since 1974.

Performer Biography

Ronald Caravan, the clarinetist and saxophonist on this album, is also recognized as an author, composer, arranger, and teacher, and has a line of professional-grade clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces named after him.

Performer Biography

Sar-Shalom Strong, the pianist on this album, has performed with well-known artists such as flutist Gary Schocker and soprano Helen Boatwright, and has premiered and recorded numerous works through The Society for New Music.

Performer Biography

Ronald Caravan has been a faculty member at Syracuse University for most of his musical career, teaching clarinet and saxophone and directing the Syracuse University Saxophone Ensemble.