OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY TROMBONES - Key Persons
Professor Compton serves on the faculty for the Georgia Trombone Summit and has been an artist for Trombonanza in Santa Fe, Argentina seven times. He has appeared as soloist with the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own", Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Municipal Band, Camerata Eleutheria Chamber Orchestra, Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble, and Oklahoma State University Symphony Orchestra. He has premiered numerous compositions for trombone, including works by composers Joseph T. Spaniola, James Kazik, John Cheetham, and Michael Schneider. Paul is a recipient of the OSU Friends of Music Distinguished Music Professor Award, OSU Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, and the OSU College of Arts and Sciences Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts.