His emotionally-charged music has accompanied a number of documentary and narrative films that have screened at festivals worldwide. He received his Bachelor’s degree in music composition from the University of North Texas in 2009, studying under composers David Bithell and Cindy McTee. He went on to receive his Master’s degree in film and multimedia scoring from New York University, where he studied under film composer Mark Suozzo and renowned film orchestrator Sonny Kompanek.