Submitted by Cindy LeBlanc, Colonial Club President
The Fairhaven Colonial Club held its annual Christmas Party on December 11 at Courtyard
Members of the Fairhaven Colonial Club gather at the Courtyard Restaurant in Fairhaven for their annual Christmas party on December 11, 2017. Submitted photo.
Restaurant in Fairhaven. Approximately 30 members attended and enjoyed a delicious buffet and a Yankee swap. Travis Rapoza entertained the members with beautiful violin music during dinner and a Christmas sing-along after the meal. Many thanks go out to Doreen Nelsen, Bethany Jones and Deborah Davis for coordinating the Festivities.
About Travis Rapoza
Travis Rapoza began playing the violin at age 10 through the Fairhaven Public School System’s renewal of their string program under Keri Benson. Three years after his beginning and until the age of 17, he studied with the late Robert Brink, former teacher at the New England Conservatory. Unlike most of his musical peers, he decided to pursue three undergraduate degrees at Brandeis University in French, Political Science, and International and Global Studies.
Fairhaven native Travis Rapoza pauses from playing his violin for a picture with Doreen Nelsen, who has worked hard to keep the strings program in the Fairhaven Public Schools afloat. Submitted photo.
Following his completion of these degrees, he bridged the gap of not attending a conservatory by studying under James Buswell, world-renowned violin soloist and teacher of 30 years at the New England Conservatory.
Travis has since played with the New Bedford Symphony, the Phoenix Orchestra, the Atlantic Symphony, Indian Hill Symphony, Cape Cod Symphony, among others in venues stretching from the Zeiterion to Boston’s Symphony Hall.
In addition recording the scores to multiple movies, video games, and Netflix shows in Boston’s recording studios at WGBH, Travis regularly plays many solo recitals and chamber music concerts in the Boston area.
Beyond simply performing, Travis is also vested in teaching and spreading music to the younger generation which he is able to do by playing in a chamber music trio for the New Bedford Symphony’s “Learning in Concert” series. Through this series, he travels to 60 schools all around the South Coast to perform an integrated learning lesson combining music and science. He plays on a Douglas Cox violin, kindly loaned to him by Daniel Stepner.
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