John Leszczynski

My mom has created a great site that chronicles our trip to Alaska this summer with photo slide shows, video, and stories. I’ll be posting a few pictures from Alaska but this site is a much better story of the whole trip. Here’s the link: L’ski Travels.

I biked to Lake Lemon a few weeks ago. Among other things, I saw a dog and a red-winged blackbird that were in a shouting match for the fifteen minutes I was at the lake.

in a pond in the Hoosier National Forest

Southern Black Racer Snake in Hoosier National Forest

I’m not really sure why this blog is becoming a record of some of the interesting animals I come across. It interests me at least.

And so I begin my long overdue postings about the trip I took to Alaska with my family this summer.

A juvinile American Red Squirrel bouncing around at the Denali National Park visitor center.

Not sure how it ended up in my bedroom.

The spring orchestration readings were last week, and the plan was to have the second half of my piece read. Because of a few lucky circumstances, I was able to get an extra 25 minutes with the orchestra at the end of the reading sessions. During this time we got a full take of the piece in its entirety, and I think it turned out really well considering how limited our time was.

Obsidian Butterfly Reading (April 23, 2009)

Marcello Cormio, Conductor
John Leszczynski, Saxophone
IU University Orchestra