Recent Press

Praise for Mantle
As the audience was propelled by the piece through these different combinations of textures, it was as if we were seeing different layers of rock and magma on our way to the earth¹s core. The contrast between them and the variety of timbral combinations we heard were striking.
- Alex Keller, Might be good, May 2006

The Austin Critics Table Awards 2006 Nomination
Best Original Composition: Travis Weller's A.R.M.S. for Strings, Winds, and Intonarumori
- Austin Chronicle / Austin American Statesman

Praise for performance with Arnold Dreyblatt, March 2006
"Executed flawlessly... [the New Music Co-op ensemble] came to the hilt-hook, line and sinker."
- SLUG Magazine (http://www.slugmag.com/)

"A really great performace that received the standing ovation of the night. Thrilled that I got to see this."
- Baggatellen (http://www.bagatellen.com/)

Praise for CD release of "Reinforce one another, Conditions for contraction"
"...fluent and imaginative, sustained electronic drones and whines weaving among dramatic instrumental clusters."
- Julian Cowley, The Wire, February 2006

Praise for A.R.M.S.
"A thoughtful and introspective piece"
- Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman Arts Critic, November 2005