T R A V I S W. H E R D
{conductor+composer+clarinetist}
Recently, Travis conducted the premiere of Trey Anthony Makler and Katie Kull's opera, Hatrack with Exit 128 and Show-Me Opera. Audio can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/trey-anthony-makler/sets/hatrack
In late June/early July, Travis will travel to Eugene, OR to take part in the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium as conductor of the American Creators Ensemble. There will be five concerts and ten workshops of new music by symposium composers. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe, located to the right of this text box.
On May 2, 2016, Travis's work for wind ensemble, The Enormous Circle of the Zodiac, was premiered by the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Brad Snow.
https://music.missouri.edu/?q=news/composing-clarinetists-write-new-music-wind-ensemble
A R T I S T ' S S T A T E M E N T
I love both the classics of the past as well as the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. My favorite thing to do is to work with living composers on bringing their music to life, but my primary goal as a conductor is to let audiences know that it is perfectly okay to like both Beethoven and Penderecki.
N E W S
June
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July
E V E N T S
June+July 2016
Oregon Bach Festival
Composers Symposium
Eugene, OR
JUN
19
June 19, 2016
Senior Clarinet Recital
Whitmore Recital Hall
Columbia, MO
