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.
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.
Recording & Production
This album is part of the 'Single Reed Expressions' series, which organizes literature with a stylistically varied group of clarinet works followed by a similar set of saxophone pieces.
Recording & Production
The recordings for this album were made between June 1999 and January 2009 at Syracuse University, Colgate University, and Hamilton College.
Performer Biography
Ronald Caravan, the performer, developed the soprano saxophone as a specialty, an instrument generally acknowledged as the most difficult of the saxophones to control.
Performer Biography
Sar-Shalom Strong, the pianist on this album, has premiered and recorded numerous works through The Society for New Music and earned critical acclaim for a recording of Hugo Wolf songs.
