Augusta Cecconi-Bates*

During 2005, Augusta Cecconi-Bates presented performances of her mini-opera Molly Brant in Canada with soprano Eileen Strempel, violinist Joan Sutherland, and pianist Clare Gordon. The trio then went to Syracuse (NY) University to cut the CD of the arias of the opera for distribution to prospective sponsors. Molly Brant in three-act format will be presented in seven venues in Canada and in the U.S. during 2006. The composer attended the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in December 2004 and the Association of Concert Bands convention in Pennsylvania in April 2005. You are invited to visit the composer’s website at www.cecconibates.homestead.com.

Performances

Two works for concert band are scheduled for performances in April 2006Paragraph and Tango, written for saxophonist Dale Underwood, will have several performances with Underwood as soloist; and Rondino Clarino, a work for band and clarinet solo, is tentatively scheduled for performance during the up-coming season (it previously had a reading by student musicians in Colborne, Ontario, with the composer as conductor).

Publications

Fugal Oboesque, wind quintet; Tribute, brass or string quintet; Enclave Music of Cleveland.

*Sigma Alpha Iota Member

Further Information

• 2003-2004 American Composers Update
• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 1998-1999 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online