RONALD CARAVAN


Affiliate Artist

Performance
Wind and Percussion
Setnor School of Music

rlcarava@syr.edu


Education:
Ph.D. Eastman School of Music

Office: Crouse College Rm.108D
Telephone: 315-443-2191
rcaravan@twcny.rr.com

Biography:
Ronald L. Caravan has been on the faculty of the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music since 1980 teaching clarinet and saxophone and directing the Syracuse University Saxophone Ensemble. He earned the performer’s certificate on clarinet from the Eastman School of Music, as well as the doctor of musical arts in music education and master of arts in theory. As a performer, Dr. Caravan has broad experience as a solo and chamber music recitalist as well as a clinician. He also regularly performs with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra as a saxophonist. He is recorded in performance with the Saxophone Sinfonia (Golden Crest and Dorn Productions) and the Aeolian Saxophone Quartet (Ethos Recordings), and recently completed mastering an eight-volume set of CDs of clarinet and saxophone music that will see commercial release in the near future. As a composer, Dr. Caravan has numerous works published for clarinet and saxophone and is particularly well known for his music and teaching materials dealing with unconventional sound resources on the single-reed instruments. He also developed and markets Caravan Mouthpieces for clarinet and saxophone, a line of mouthpieces designed for symphonic-style applications that have achieved considerable popularity among advanced students and professionals throughout the United States as well as internationally. Dr. Caravan has served as president of the North American Saxophone Alliance and is presently woodwind review editor for the New York State School Music News. He also serves the New York State School Music Association as an all-state certified adjudicator.

Expertise:
  • Clarinet
  • Innovative Performance Techniques
  • Saxophone
  • Saxophone Ensemble