In 2016 his opera Hagar was staged and performed atthe National Opera Association convention in Indianapolis. His music has also been performed by Augustin Hadelich, the Lysander Trio, ECCE ensemble, and the Juilliard Orchestra, among others. He is the recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and three ASCAP Morton Gould Awards. Current projects include an octet for the Scharoun Ensemble, and a commission from the New York Virtuoso Singers. In addition to his work as a composer, Cooper is an organist, choral director, and avid scholar and interpreter of Renaissance polyphony.