Compositions

Listed below are my completed published compositions (as of June 2010). You can listen to “American Visions”, ”Pirates!” and “Irish Jig for Young Feet” (recorded by the Washington Winds) at FJH Music. Recordings of “Journey To The Prairie” (recorded by the GCC Wind Ensemble), “Beginnings of Flight” (recorded by the Kutztown Wind Ensemble), “Shine!” (recorded by the CMU Summer Pre-College Wind Ensemble), and “Festival and Ballade for Winds” (recorded by Westminster College Concert Band) at my account on Myspace.

Title (Difficulty Level)

Journey To The Prairie (2) (3rd place winner in the 2nd Annual Frank Ticheli Compisition Contest for Young Band – coming soon from Manhattan Beach)

Fanfare on Themes of Davenport (Hail to PMEA) (4)

Irish Jig for Young Feet (2) – (now available at FJH Music)

Pirates! (3.5) (now available at FJH Music)

American Visions (4) (now available at FJH Music)

A Frontier Fought and a City Found (4) - debut in May of 2009 with the River City Youth Brass Band.

A Frontier Fought and a City Found (3.5) – coming Summer 2010 FJH Music

Marshalls of the Open Range (1) – AWM Publishing

Tales of a Medieval Warrior (2) - coming Summer 2010 FJH Music

Festival and Ballade for Winds (3) – coming soon from Wingert-Jones Publications

By tjweller October 24, 2007

13 Comments to “Compositions”

By Doug Butchy, April 25, 2008 @ 11:28 am

Hey Travis,

I had the pleasure of performing “Colors Ever True” with the Sharpsville Band last night. Great piece! I think you really captured what you were going for – a celebration of Renee’s life. Having known and worked with her as one of my students, it was a really fitting tribute. Great work!

Doug
By Paul Copenhaver, May 11, 2009 @ 9:01 am

Travis,

Just a note to let you know the Columbia [Missouri] Community Band performed “American Visions” yesterday at our Mother’s Day Concert. The patriotic theme of your compositin fit nicely with our program. Although the programming was centered on compositons for ‘mothers’, the dedication to your father gave them ‘equal time.’

I think the members of the band enjoyed working on the selection. Many of these adult musicians have not performed a lot of ‘multi-meter’ music, and were challenged just enough by “American Visions.”

The rest of the program was:

The Star Spangled Banner/arr. Sousa
Marche Slave/Tschaikowsky, arr. Laurendeau
Lietstod/Wagner, arr. Bainum
Flight/Claude T. Smith
Calendaries-Spring/Cheetham
The Fairest of the Fair/Sousa
With Quiet Courage/Daehn
The Belle of the Ball/Anderson
My Fair Lady Selections/arr. Bennett
Beguine for Band/Osser

Thanks for your contribution to the literature for bands!

Paul Copenhaver
Assistant Conductor, Columbia Community Band
President, Missouri Music Educators Association
Band Director, St. Pius X School
By William Owens (ASCAP), July 12, 2009 @ 10:21 pm

PIRATES! In a word – EXCITING! A wonderful work by a extremly skilled composer and educator.
By tjweller, July 13, 2009 @ 6:53 pm

Willie Owens!
Thanks for stopping by and the kind words! Looking forward to catching up with you soon!
By Tyler S. Grant, February 1, 2010 @ 8:47 pm

Great Music Mr. Weller! It was a pleasure meeting you in Chicago!
By Jon Schaller, February 16, 2010 @ 2:34 pm

Can I just say that probably every band director in the state would love to hear your Fanfare on Themes by Davenport?

My bands (Marion Center Area) are currently working on two of your pieces. My jr high is doing your Irish Jig and it’s starting to come together. My high school band is doing American Visions and they seem to be really enjoying it. Well let’s put it this way, when I’m writing up the rehearsal list on the board there is always someone who shouts out “American Visions!”
By tjweller, February 16, 2010 @ 10:52 pm

Hi Jon!

Thanks again for the kind words. Please let me know when your concert is – if you have Skype at school I would enjoy the opportunity to visit with either of your ensembles. Fanfare on Themes by Davenport has a special place in my heart, and I am glad you enjoyed it. Good luck, and thank you for writing!
By Jon Schaller, February 17, 2010 @ 12:07 pm

I actually haven’t heard Fanfare on Themes by Davenport yet because I haven’t seen a recording anywhere on your webpage or your MySpace. Is there one somewhere? I’d love to hear it. Also, I am interested in possibly doing a Skype. I’ll look into it and be contacting you in e-mail. Thanks!
By RichCameron, April 23, 2010 @ 10:20 pm

Hello, this is one of Mr. Taylor’s students. We are gonna play Pirates as one of the songs at our upcoming concert. I also think it was an Irish Jig for Young Feet we played at All-Star band. Both are great arrangements and I look forward to playing more of them. Also, my mom drives your kids to school.
By tjweller, April 24, 2010 @ 4:32 pm

Hi Rich!
Thanks for stopping by and the kind words!
Mr. Taylor has been a good friend and mentor to me for a number of years, and I appreciate his willingness to try out some of my new stuff from time to time. You and the Wilmington Band are blessed to have such a good director! And tell your mom she does a great job!
By tjweller, April 24, 2010 @ 4:33 pm

Jon,

I am working on getting the 2007 PMEA All-State Performance posted on-line. I will give you a holler when it is up!
By Ron Allen, May 25, 2010 @ 10:44 am

Hi Travis,

I have been trying to reach you concerning your submission to Wingert-Jones, Festival and Ballade for Winds. We are very interested and would like to talk to you about publishing it. You can reach me at my email listed above and we can make arrangements to call and talk about it.
Thanks for thinking of us and I look forward to hearing from you.

Ron
By Megan Jones, June 21, 2010 @ 3:04 pm

Hi Travis,

I just graduated from GCC and figured American Visions would be a great piece to use as “real world” conducting experience. I’m a member of the Beaver County Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and I asked to conduct a piece. Our director said it couldn’t be ordered in time to do it this year. Unscathed, I asked Doc if I could borrow it, and luckily he said yes. I remember I enjoyed playing it a few years back when Doc debuted it, and I was very happy that the tenor sax actually had an interesting part. Hopefully this band full of retired directors will enjoy it also. Wish me luck and thanks for a great, challenging piece!