Ranaan Meyer, double bassist and composer, began his
musical studies at the piano at age 4; at age 11, he
took up the double bass (once he was big enough to
hold it). He attended the Manhattan School of Music
and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2003.
Beyond regular appearances with orchestras such as the
Minnesota Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and The
Philadelphia Orchestra, Mr. Meyer is also increasingly
in demand as a composer, creating unique new works for
his trio Time for Three as well as for solo bass and
other ensembles.  Most recently Mr. Meyer completed a
commission, “My Zayda” (for Violin, Piano and Double
Bass) for the Kingston Chamber Music Festival in Rhode
Island. Other recently completed commissions include
a solo double bass piece for the Network for New
Music, a double bass and harp duet as well as a set of
Time for Three pieces for Astral Artistic Services and
a Time for Three composition for the City of
Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Symphony, “Of time and
three rivers”.  All commissions have been expedited
through the American Composer’s forum.
 
Mr. Meyer, also an accomplished jazz musician, has
performed with Jane Monheight, Victor Lewis, Jason
Moran, Mark O’Connor, Ari Hoenig, Duane Eubanks,
Mickey Roker and many more.  Ranaan, at age 19
produced, directed and performed in the very first
Washington Township Jazz Festival which was also
broadcasted live on Philadelphia’s WRTI.  Mr. Meyer,
an avid teacher, has held adjunct Double Bass
Professorships at both Princeton University and the
University of Delaware.  He has spent several
Summers teaching alongside Hal Robinson (Principal
Bass of The Philadelphia Orchestra) at the Strings
International Music Festival in Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania.  He has also taught at the Intermountain
Suzuki Camp in Sandy, Utah and Mark O’Connor’s String
Camp in San Diego, California.