Travis LaBerge, Founder & Executive Director

Travis LaBerge (he/him) is originally from Middlebury, Vermont where he studied piano from a young age with Dr. Kevin Parizo. Travis attended Lehigh University where he graduated with high honors degrees in both music and psychology. At Lehigh, Travis studied with world-renowned and award winning pianist, Eugene Albulescu and was an Asa Packer Scholar, Roy Eckardt College Scholar, and a Presidential Scholar.

In 1999 Travis moved to Colorado and founded the piano studio, Travis LaBerge Music (TLM). Over the next eight years Travis became one of the most sought after piano instructors in the region. He also performed nearly 1,000 piano concerts along the Front Range with his wife, Christine Galli LaBerge, held music teaching positions at Jarrow Montessori School and Boulder Country Day School, sat on numerous boards of trustees, and is a past chair of the Boulder County Cultural Council. Travis and Christine were recipients of the 2016 Norris Hermsmeyer “Spark Plug Award” by the Boulder Flatiron Rotary for outstanding contributions to the Boulder community and the “spark” Parlando has provided. Travis and Christine were also recipients of the 2023 “Heart of Broomfield” Arts Award, recognizing their contributions to the Broomfield arts community since 2002.

In 2007, Travis oversaw the expansion of TLM into the Parlando School of Musical Arts. Parlando is now Colorado’s largest arts outreach and education provider with a faculty of nearly 70 teachers, over 600 students attending weekly lessons and classes, and nearly 8,000 monthly outreach recipients.