Multi Grammy Nominated, Emmy award winning, and Gold record Double Bassist Ranaan Meyer is most known as a founding member and performer with the string trio Time for Three, Founder and Artistic Director of Honeywell Arts Academy, and as a solo performing artist, composer and educator.

In June 2022, Time for Three released an album entitled: “Letters for the Future” on Deutsche Grammophon recording with The Philadelphia Orchestra two concertos titled “Concerto 4-3” by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award winner Jennifer Higdon and “Contact” by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Kevin Puts. Alongside Time for Three, Ranaan recorded and composed the film scoring for Robin Wright’s Focus Feature film: LAND, and co-produced and recorded on Love Renaissance: Summer Walker’s 2nd album. Tf3 has additionally performed around the world including Musik Verein, Czech Philharmonic, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Night of the Proms Tour. In North America Time for Three has performed with almost every orchestra, NPR Tiny Desk Concerts, National Anthems at NFL, Nascar, NBA, MLB, and PGA sporting events, and more. 

As Founder and Artistic Director of Honeywell Arts Academy Meyer has helped to empower each next generation of emerging artists through a philosophy called “sharing of knowledge”. In 2020 upon completing season 13 of Wabass Institute for the Double Bass, Artistic Director Ranaan Meyer, CEO Tod Minnich, CDO Cathy Gatchel and Program Director Emily Meyer expanded programs for the 2021 season forming the Honeywell Arts Academy. Founded in 2008, Wabass quickly became known to the bass community as a premier summer program. Today, Wabass alumni hold esteemed positions in the Royal Concertgebouw, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and many more. Others have developed small ensembles and entrepreneurial initiatives like-minded to Time for Three that Meyer often refers to as “misfits of music”. The Institute now approaches season 16, and Wabass alumni are worldwide spreading the “sharing of knowledge.” The evolution of Wabass into Honeywell Arts Academy (now in year 3) is a unique emerging artist, full scholarship summer music institute held annually in Wabash, Indiana expanded into three programs featuring Resonance - Innovative Musicians, Soundboard - Pianists, and the continuation of Wabass Institute - Double Bassists. All fueled by the same mission to foster an inclusive, supportive environment where ideas are free flowing from teacher to student and vice versa which is this philosophy referred to as the “sharing of knowledge”. Each respective component comes together for an intensive period of musical development including what it takes to thrive as a musician and the invaluable effect of spreading the joy of music to positively impact the human spirit. As a National Endowment for the Arts grantee all programs of the Honeywell Arts Academy are full scholarships and funded purely by the generosity of charitable donations and grants. 

As a soloist, Ranaan most recently composed his first concerto for double bass and orchestra entitled: ‘Concerto for My Family’ (2021) which is his homage to the people who lifted him up all along the way. It consists of 5 movements and is the essence of Ranaan’s compositional style you can hear through Time for Three from the last 20 years. Spending most of his time developing musically in Philadelphia playing the local jazz clubs with some of the most iconic musicians in jazz today. He also is an alumnus of The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Temple Prep, Manhattan School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music. Ranaan co-founded Time for Three while at Curtis but prior to Time for Three's demanding touring schedule he spent several weeks per year performing and touring in the double bass section of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Although his core training was in Classical and Jazz, Ranaan's curiosity has taken him to multiple genres of music. 

Ranaan is in demand around the world presenting workshops in entrepreneurship, improvisation, memorization, performance preparation, teamwork, and overall, outside-the-box learning. He has also recorded on Michael Jackson’s final album earning a gold record and made multiple recordings with NFL films. Most of all, Meyer’s long term vision is to empower the universe to listen through THE SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE and believes if we keep the listening valve turned on there will always be potential.