Er war der erste angestellte Komponist des "Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra", gemeinsam mit dem Dirigenten Neville Marriner, und ist aktuell in leitender Funktion des Musikinstituts der University of California, Los Angeles tätig. ###>He was the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Neville Marriner, and was most recently part of the music faculty of UCLA, where he was the head of the Visual Media Program.