He attended the University of Southern California and Yale, and his music has been featured at a wide variety of festivals and performance venues throughout North America and Europe. Norman has been commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Orpheum Music Festival in Zurich and the New York Youth Symphony among others, and he is the recipient of the Rome Prize, the ASCAP Nissim Prize, and the Aspen Music Festival’s Druckman Prize. A committed educator who enjoys working with and writing for young people, Norman is currently Composer-in-Residence for Young Concert Artists and his works are published by Schott Music.