Excursions
  The Ambassador Duo

The Ambassador Duo, formed in 1990, is comprised of saxophonist Clifford L. Leaman and pianist Derek J. Parsons.  Both members hold the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in performance from the University of Michigan, where they met as graduate students in the mid-1980's.  Since their debut at the 1990 Southwest Contemporary Music Festival and Conference in San Marcos, Texas, The Ambassador Duo has been active throughout the eastern and midwestern United States as performers and clinicians, appearing at numerous colleges, universities, and concert venues from Green Bay, WI to Atlanta, GA.  They were invited to give the world permier of Mark Kilstoffe's Sonata for saxophone and piano—appearing on Brillance—at the XI World Saxophone Congress in Valencia, Spain.

ARTISTS
Clifford Leaman	Saxophone
Derek Parsons	Piano

TRACKS
1–5	Tableaux de Provence (Paule Maurice)
	I. Farandoulo di Chatouno	2:26
	II. Cansoun per ma mio	1:50
	III. La Boumiano	1:13
	IV. Dis Alyscamps l'amo souspire	5:20
	V. Lou Cabridan	3:41
6	Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Sergei Rachmaninoff, trans. Clifford Leaman)	6:09
7	Rumba (Maurice Whitney)	2:52
8–10	Three Romances, Op. 94 (Robert Schumann, ed. Fred Hemke)
	I. not fast	3:25
	II. simple, heartfelt	3:47
	III. not fast	4:08
11–13	Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (Bernhard Heiden)
	I. Allegro	6:23
	II. Vivace	3:26
	III. Adagio - presto	6:08
14–19	Six Studies in English Folksong (Ralph Vaughan Williams, trans. Clifford Leaman)
	I. Adagio	1:46
	II. Andante	1:09
	III. Larghetto	1:27
	IV. Lento	1:17
	V. Andante tranquillo	1:14
	VI. Allegro	0:49
20	Le Carnaval de Venise (Jules Demersseman, ed. Fred Hemke)	5:21
Total Playing Time		63:51