Ralph Williams is Principal Clarinet with the Opera Pacific Orchestra and has played principal clarinet with the Hollywood Bowl, Pacific Symphony and Pasadena Pops Orchestras, as well as being a regular member of the Pasadena Symphony. He has also played with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Ojai Festival Orchestra
In over twenty years as a film studio musician, Ralph has recorded over five hundred motion pictures including Home Alone, Titanic, A Bugs Life, Meet Joe Black, Lethal Weapon 1-3, Batman, Back to the Future 2, to name but a few. He has recorded with notable composers including John Williams, James Horner, Danny Elfman, Jerry Goldsmith, Bill Conti, Tom Newman and Randy Newman, as well as artists such as Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond and Bocelli.
Ralph Williams has played Peter Eaton International model clarinets since 1993 and also took up Elites in 1998. "The tone quality and flexibility of timbre on Peter's clarinets gives the player a way to sing that is superior to all other makes. If you love the English clarinet tradition, then these instruments represent a beautiful continuance of that tradition." Ralph enjoys even more flexibility by having both models available, Elite and International.
Ralph Williams and his Peter Eaton Elite clarinet feature prominently on the CD of the chamber music of Los Angeles composer John Biggs on MMC Recordings and on the CD Dreamer distributed by Arizona University Recordings. He can also be regularly heard playing on the soundtrack of the hit TV series Jag.
Ralph Williams on the left, with Debbie and Jim Kanter on the right, with their Peter Eaton International clarinets, at a recording session for the Disney motion picture Pocahontas in 1995. Standing next to Ralph is Danny Troub who orchestrated and conducted the music. In the centre is Alan Menken who wrote the score. Alan also composed music for other Disney films such as The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
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