EVENTS
May 2021
Premiere of (dis)connected by music students at Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL (Alex Busby, instructor). Culmination of a year-long collaborative residency, supported by the Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools.
Fall 2021
Premiere of Be Still for tenor and piano by Dan Shirley and Eric Stellrecht. Text by A.E. Housman. ECU, Greenville, NC.
October 21-24, 2021
Premiere of a new work, commissioned by NCMTA, at the annual NCMTA conference, this year held at ECU. The work will also represent NC at the national level for the MTNA Distinguished Composer competition.
PAST EVENTS:
October 1, 2018, 7:30pm
Travis performs (trumpet) with the ECU Faculty Brass. Fletcher Recital Hall, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
November 16, 2018, 3:00pm
Outdoor performance of Ponder for brass choir by the ECU Brass Faculty and Studios (Travis on trumpet). Joyner Library Sonic Plaza, East Carolina University Main Campus, Greenville, NC.
November 30, 2018, 3:00pm
Outdoor performance of Ponder for brass choir by the ECU Brass Faculty and Studios (Travis on trumpet). Laupus Lake, ECU Medical Campus, Greenville, NC.
February 10, 2019, 7:30pm
Performance of “Transitions” by the Fuze Trio at the Creative Arts Guild in Dalton, GA
February 21, 2019, 7:30pm
Performance of “Transitions” by the Fuze Trio at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.
March 15-16, 2019
Performance of You, Create a Diversion… by hornist Martin King at the Southeast Horn Workshop. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
May 22, 2019
American Academy of Arts & Letters Annual Award Ceremony - Travis is a recipient of a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship.
Summer 2019
Performance of Riffs and Echoes (trumpet & dbl. bass) by trumpeter Émilie Fortin as part of the Ensemble Evolution program at Banff.
August 30, 2019, 7:30PM ($10)
Hornist Martin King will perform You, Create a Diversion… as part of the program “Made in America: Music for Horn by American Composers” (Live Stream available!). Bryan Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
November 10, 2019, 2:00PM (Free)
ECU Faculty Brass Concert (Travis on trumpet), featuring music by Gabrieli, Boehme, David Sampson, and more. First Baptist Church, Smithfield, NC.
January 30, 2020, 7:30PM (Free)
The Fuze Trio will perform Transitions… as part of their NC NewMusic Initiative Residency (Live Stream available!). Fletcher Hall, ECU, Greenville, NC.
March 4-6, 2020
Travis has been invited as a feature composer for the UT Contemporary Music Festival at UT-Knoxville. The festival will include the World Premiere of …like cancer…like fire… by guest ensemble Transient Canvas (who commissioned the piece)!
March 5, 2020, 6:00PM (Free)
World Premiere of …like cancer…like fire… for bass clarinet and marimba by Transient Canvas (who commissioned the piece) as part of the UT Contemporary Music Festival at UT-Knoxville. Natalie Haslam Music Center, UT-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN.
March 7, 2020, 7:30PM (Free)
Premiere of …is the beginning is the end is… by the ECU Symphony Orchestra (Jorge Richter, Director). (Live Stream available!) Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville, NC.