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.
Performer Biography
Pianist Sar-Shalom Strong, who assists on this album, has performed with well-known artists such as flutist Gary Schocker and soprano Helen Boatwright, and has premiered and recorded numerous new works.
Album & Artwork
Each disc in the "Single Reed Expressions" series features at least one piece for the soprano saxophone, an instrument Ronald Caravan developed as a specialty.
Performer Biography
Ronald Caravan, the clarinetist and saxophonist on this album, is also recognized as an author, composer, arranger, teacher, and for his line of professional-grade clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces.
Compositional Technique
Each album in this series features a piece that uses unconventional sound techniques for clarinet or saxophone, such as quarter-tone intervals, timbre variation, unusual tremolos, trills, and multiphonics.
Album & Artwork
Every disc in the "Single Reed Expressions" series includes at least one composer whose works for both clarinet and saxophone are represented, and at least one of Ronald Caravan's own compositions.
Album & Artwork
This album, "Single Reed Expressions ~ Volume 4," is part of a series subtitled 'A Clarinet & Saxophone Recital Series,' which organizes literature with clarinet pieces followed by saxophone pieces.
