Ronald Caravan
Dr. Ronald Caravan (born 20 November 1946 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania) is an American classical musician. He is a clarinetist, saxophonist, teacher, composer, and arranger.
Dr. Caravan is on the faculty of the Setnor School of Music of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, where he teaches clarinet and saxophone and conducts the saxophone ensemble.
Dr. Caravan studied clarinet with William C. Willett and Stanley Hasty, as well as saxophone with the classical saxophone pioneers Jordan Campo and Sigurd Raschèr.
Dr. Caravan received the M.A. in Music Theory in 1973 and the D.M.A. in Music Education in 1974 from the Eastman School of Music. He also earned the Performer's Certificate on clarinet from Eastman.
Dr. Caravan has composed several pieces for clarinet and saxophone. His published teaching materials include Preliminary Exercises & Etudes in Contemporary Techniques for Clarinet (Ethos Publications, 1979) and Preliminary Exercises & Etudes in Contemporary Techniques for Saxophone (Dorn Publications, 1980), both derived from his well-regarded doctoral dissertation Extensions of Technique for Clarinet and Saxophone (1974), dealing with the study of multiphonics, quarter tones, and timbre variation.
He produces a line of saxophone mouthpieces closely based on the original mouthpiece design of Adolphe Sax, the instrument's inventor. These are marketed under the name Caravan Mouthpieces, which also includes a symphonic clarinet mouthpiece.
He has performed with the Aeolian Saxophone Quartet and Saxophone Sinfonia, including concerts at the 1979 World Saxophone Congress and at Alice Tully Hall, as well as numerous solo performances.
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