Annual American Composers Update
Leslie Bassett
Premieres
Leslie Bassett's
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
was premiered by Clifford Leaman and the Orchestre Symphonique
de Laval, Louis Lavigueur, conductor, at the World Saxophone
Congress, July 5, 2000 in Montreal. A concert of Bassett's
music commissioned by Mu Phi Epsilon, May 20, 2000 in
Ann Arbor, MI, included the first performances of
Song
of the Aulos, with solo oboist Susan Bissiri;
Two
Stephens Songs, with mezzo-soprano Lori Gould and
pianist Gail Jennings; and
The Three Graces, with
flutists Deborah Ash, Penny Fischer, and Susan Whitener.
Performances
At the California State University Summer Arts Festival,
held in Fresno,
Sextet for Flutes, Clarinets, and Strings,
was presented with Jack Fortner conducting the Orpheus
Ensemble, July 15, 2000.
Wood and Reed Transformed,
for bassoon and wind ensemble, was heard with Barrick
Stees and the Michigan State University Wind Symphony,
John Whitwell, conductor, in East Lansing, Nov. 19, 1999.
At the International Double Reed Association meeting,
bassoonist Yoshi Ishikawa played
Metamorphoses
in Madison, WI, Aug. 11, 1999. A program at Eastern Michigan
University featured
Colors and Contours, with the
University Symphony Band, David Woike conducting, and
Sounds, Shapes, and Symbols, with the Wind Symphony,
Max Plank conducting, Feb. 6, 2000 in Ypsilanti. At the
new Music Festival, at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio,
Apr. 14-16, 2000, works performed were
Dialogues for
Oboe and Piano, with Charles Pease and Jacqueline
Nielsen;
Elaborations, for piano, with Paul Taylor;
Illuminations, for flute and piano, with Suzanne
Thierry, and Nicola Melville;
The Jade Garden,
with Jennifer Hilbish-Schuetz, soprano, and Brian Bevelander,
piano; and
Preludes, for piano, with Bret Blasius.
Publications
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra;
C.
F. Peters Corp.
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