About Cleo Ansteth Books
Cleo Ansteth was a graduate of Midwestern Conservatory and awarded the degree B.Mus. Trumpet Major. The famous Chick Bell gave him trumpet lessons. Cleo performed with Clyde McCoy, Hank Winder and Harry Diffenderfer - as well as his own orchestra early in his youth. His talent grew into the music arrangement and copyist fields. Later he settled in Las Vegas, Nevada and began orchestrating music for many Headliners: Paul Anka, Natalie Cole, Frank Sinatra, Neil Sedaka, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Wayne Newton, Debbie Reynolds, The McGuire Sisters, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Sigfreid & Roy to name a few. Cleo arranged and orchestrated music for the Desert Inn Hotel;, Splash at the Riviera Hotel; Fire & Ice at the Hacienda; Solid Gold; and Starlight Express and Music of the Night at the Hilton. Many of his scores have been donated to CCSD by his wife, Alice.
