sentences:  As a composer, Kennedy's works have been performed worldwide, including at San Francisco's Other Minds Festival, Paris Festival d’Automne, Aspekte Salzburg, the Zurich June Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall Piano Fest, the Singapore Arts Festival, and the Kanagawa Arts Festival.He has been commissioned by many organizations including the Santa Fe Opera and the Sarasota Opera.Kennedy is a Lecturer in the Department of Music at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, and makes his home in the East Bay, Northern California.