John Leszczynski

This semester Derrick Wallace performed the first piece I composed at IU, Compass Needle, for the third time. He gave the premiere performance in 2006, performed it on his recital in 2007, and gave this performance in 2008 on the trombone audition eve recital (some current students trombone students play for prospective IU students).

Derrick is a a great performer and really sells all the extra elements in the piece (direction changes, stomping, tapping, quarter tones).

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