he has composed numerous works for big band, orchestra, chamber groups, and choir, and has been performed by many orchestras, including the cincinnati pops orchestra, the illinois philharmonic, the reading symphony, the rio hondo symphony orchestra, the manhattan school of music symphony, the temple university and cal state fullerton symphonies, and the henry mancini institute orchestra. he has written extensively for television, and for film, including the kareem abdul-jabbar-produced film, "on the shoulders of giants" (2011), which was nominated for several awards by the naacp.