School of Music
Assistant Professor, Horn and Theory

  
 
Phone: 828-227-3957
Email: tbennett@email.wcu.edu 
Office Address: Coulter 154
Website: http://paws.wcu.edu/tbennett  

Education:

• D. M. A., University of Alabama, 2003
• M. M., University of Alabama, 2000
• B. M. Florida State University, 1998

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• “Current Experiences on the Orchestral Audition Circuit.” (Presentation given at the 37th International Horn Society Summer Symposium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, June 2005).
• Chariots of Fire arranged for 8 Horns. New York: EMI Music Publishing Ltd., 2005 (Special arrangement created for the 2005 International Horn Symposium in Tuscaloosa, AL).
• “A Perfect Performance is a Hole-in-One.” The Horn Call XXXV, No. 1 (October 2004): 107.
• “A Horn Player’s Guide: Using Etudes, Solos, and Orchestral Excerpts to Address Specific Technical and Musical Challenges.”  DMA document, University of Alabama, 2003.
• “The Rise of the Horn Quartet as a Genre from the Symphonic Writing of the 18th and 19th Centuries.” (DMA lecture given at the University of Alabama, November 2003.)

Biography:

Travis Bennett is Assistant Professor of Horn at Western Carolina University.  Prior to joining the faculty at WCU, he taught at Mercer University in Macon, GA. He received the DMA and MM degrees in Performance from the University of Alabama, and holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State University.  His principal teachers include Charles Snead, William Capps, and Michelle Stebleton.
 
In addition to his teaching activities, Dr. Bennett maintains an active performing schedule, playing more than 50 concerts a year in orchestral, chamber, and recital settings.  He has performed with orchestras throughout the southeast, including the Asheville (NC), Greenville (SC), Macon (GA), Columbus (GA), Tuscaloosa (AL), Huntsville (AL), and Tallahassee (FL) Symphony Orchestras. As a member of the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in June 2007.  In February of 2010, he was Professor of Horn at Isla Verde Bronces, an international brass festival held in Córdoba, Argentina.
 
Dr. Bennett is an active member of the International Horn Society and his writing has been published in their journal, The Horn Call.  He has performed and presented lectures at the Southeast Horn Workshop and the International Horn Symposium.  In 2009, he hosted the Southeast Horn Workshop at WCU.
 
When he’s not making music, he enjoys running, reading, golf, and spending time with his wife Julie and their son Tyler.