He has had his works programmed at Seamus,ICMC, Spark Festival, and EMM as well as been endorsed by poet/author Tao Lin and performed/collaborated with the SOLI Chamber Ensemble. In 2010, Rubio won the readers choice award for "Best Instrumentalist" in the San Antonio Current and in 2011, he won an ATAC Globe Award for best original score for his work on The Bacchae. As a live performer, he's opened for the likes of Bill Callahan, The Men, and Koboku Senju as well as performed with FAUST, Vinyl Williams, Lee Dockery, Joey Reyes (Shardz), Jane Henry, Travis Weller, Isaiah David, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, and Bill Baird.