Commission a Work from Kenmore Studios


Dedicating a new auditorium?

Celebrating the anniversary of a community band?

Honoring an educator?

Why not have a composition written for the occasion?

We'll work with the specific strengths of your musicians and craft a piece to your specifications. Rates vary and are affordable. Contact for more information.

Samples of Compositions

Prelude No. 3 (from 12 Preludes and Fugues)

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Copyright 2011 by Travis M. Ramsey

The Lost Art of Steam Heating

Copyright 2009 by Travis M. Ramsey
Wellesley (MA) Symphony Orchestra, Max Hobart, conductor

To Reach Them My Hand

Copyright 2011 by Travis M. Ramsey
Footnotes (Hanover, NH), Jane Woods, conductor

Dark Eyes

Copyright 2010 by Travis M. Ramsey
Cape Elizabeth (ME) High School Wind Symphony with Mark Manduca (tbn.), Tom Lizotte, conductor

Portrait of a Girl with a Blue Face

Copyright 2007 by Travis M. Ramsey

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Composer Bio


Past commissions include...

• Chamber music to accompany a Shakespeare play

• "Bright Before Us" for a community concert band's 25th anniversary

• "Three New England Sketches" for a small elementary band

• Arrangement of choruses from "Messiah" for brass quintet to accompany a chorus

• Trancsriptions of 'lost' jazz classics for a high school jazz band