My improvisation for Maundy Thursday service, April 6, 2023 at Speedway Christian Church. I rarely sing, but I let the spirit lead.

Improvisations

Were You There?

How Deep The Father's Love For Us

"A Christmas Carol" 
Winner of the 2012 Fairfax Choral Society Composition Competition. Written by Travis Whaley. Performed by Virginia Tech Chamber Singers December 2012. 

A Christmas Carol

written by Alberto Ginastera 

I. Danza del viejo boyero 
II. Danza de la moza donosa 
III. Danza del gaucho matrero 

February 2012
Pianist: Travis Whaley 

Dazas Argentinas, Op. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Pianist: Travis Whaley 

Allegretto, Sonata in D Major, K. 576

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Pianist: Travis Whaley 
Recorded on 10/23/14

Toccata in D Major, BWV 912, Adagio

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Pianist: Travis Whaley 

Fugue in F minor, Op. 35 No. 5

Arranged and performed by Travis Whaley 
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech 

How Deep The Father's Love for Us (10/27)

Performed and arranged by Travis Whaley 
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech 

Abide With Me

Performed and Arranged by Travis Whaley
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech 

For The Beauty Of The Earth

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Performed by Travis Whaley 
Recorded in the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech 

Prelude In D Minor, Op. 87 No. 24

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 
Performed by Travis Whaley
Recorded at Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech

Fugue In D Minor, Op. 87 No. 24

This is where I'm at. I don't have the words but I can make music.

November 8, 2024

One of my 40 Prayers in 40 Days for Lent. 

Good Friday Prayer

Second movement of my Piano Trio in B-flat Minor
Alex Fowler, Cello
Travis Whaley, Piano 
Recorded in the Squires Recital Salon, Virginia Tech 

Adagio Espressivo

Recorded at the Exposition Concert at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech.

Nathan Folta, Violin
Alex Fowler, Cello
Travis Whaley, Piano 

Piano Trio in B-flat Major, "Archduke" - Scherzo

Here's the opening to the fourth movement of my piano trio. Come hear the whole piece tomorrow! 

Recorded in Squires Recital Salon 
Herzog Trio 

Piano Trio in B-flat Minor, Rondo preview

First movement of my Piano Trio. Recorded in the Squires Recital Salon. 

Herzog Trio:
Nathan Folta, violin
Alex Fowler, cello
Travis Whaley, piano 

Allegro, Piano Trio in B-flat Minor

Rondo Espressivo

Adagio and Variations

Sing to the Lord a New Song
Allison Harris, soprano
Travis Whaley, piano and composer 

Sing to the Lord a New Song, Psalm 96

The Lord is My Shepherd
Psalm 23
Allison Harris, soprano
Travis Whaley, piano and composer 
2016

The Lord Is My Shepherd, Psalm 23

Piece d'Orgue, BWV 572
Johann Sebastian Bach

Travis Whaley, organ
Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music
April 12,2017

Piece d'Orgue, BWV 572

Winding down after a long day of practicing and my microphone happened to still be on. Reflecting on some of my favorite hymns: "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" and "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light." Recorded on a tiny and old practice room upright <3

Advent Meditation

Written for Katie Leachman and Tyler Shenk's wedding on August 4, 2018 in Vinton, VA. 

Based on Katie's favorite theme: the last movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony. 

Recorded on the Fisk, Op. 135, in Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music.

Katie's Bridal March

A clip from the final half of my Improvisation on Themes from "Star Wars." 

Travis Whaley, organist

Improvisation on Themes from "Star Wars"

For All Saints' Sunday, November 3, 2019

Recorded at North Christian Church
Columbus, IN

Improvisation for All Saints' Day: Shall We Gather At The River

40 Prayers for 40 Days - March 17, 2020 
"There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole"

Five years ago I began writing a musical prayer every day of Lent instead of giving something up. I have at least 120 prayers dating back to 2015, but have never posted any recordings of them.

Lenten Prayer: March 17, 2020

This Advent improvisation is based on the tune "Veni Emmanuel" and is a somber reflection on waiting for hope in the midst of darkness. 

Advent has new meaning for me after the year we've been through. Advent is a season of waiting: a broken world waiting for the birth of Christ, a tired world waiting for the redemption of a Savior. We are all tired. The world is hurting in more ways than one. But there is hope in Christ and there is joy in His birth. As we prepare our hearts for the season of Advent, let us not ignore the weight of the world around us, but rest in the promise that Christ makes all things new. 

Travis Whaley, pianist
Recorded in Auer Hall at Indiana University

Travis Whaley

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