Sonic conversations emerge and develop as the group explores textures, sonorities and space.
The music of Crystal Clarinets weaves in and out of melodies, exploring rhythms, moods and silences in a transforming, unfolding journey. Robinson on soprano and sopranino clarinet, and Braxton on soprano and contrabass clarinet. All the musicians in Crystal Clarinets are band leaders and composers in their own right, and they are among the musicians whose music I most enjoy and who are primary influences on my musical development. When working with musicians of such caliber, I have only to suggest a rhythmic direction or melodic phrase, and the musicians take off, each one adding their own unique voice. Crystal Clarinets, and its earlier incarnation, Rozanne Levine and the Clarinet Choir, have performed at Context Performance Space in New York City during two recent seasons of Improvisors Collective concerts and recently appeared at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Connecticut.