His music has been recognized with honors and funding from Los Angeles County Arts Commission, American Composers Forum (ACF), ASCAP, Percussive Arts Society (PAS), Society of Composers, Inc., Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH), among others. His works have been featured in Percussive Arts Society International Conference, National Association of Teachers of Singing National Conference, International Jazz Composers’ Symposium (Tempa, FL), Musica Danubiana (Slovenia), June in Buffalo (Buffalo, NY), Imagine Festival (Memphis, TN), and various academic conferences; and by performing organizations such as the St. Mathew’s Music Guild, Hexnut (Amsterdam), Fort Worth Symphony, Eastman Percussion Ensemble and Melody of China (MOC).