 Among his more often performed chamber works are "Sindbad" (2003–05), a chamber music theater work for narrator and piano trio, commissioned by Meet The Composer for the Peabody Trio and actor Walter Van Dyk; "Aqua" (2011), a string quartet commissioned through the award of the Barlow Prize in 2008 for the Avalon, Lydian, and Pacifica Quartets; and "Kreisleriana" (2012, 2014), commissioned by the Library of Congress for violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Blair McMillen.Current projects include a piano concerto commissioned by Brandon Fradd for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and songs for mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer commissioned by the Brooklyn Art Song Society.Founder and co-director for fifteen years of the new music ensemble Sequitur, he lives with his wife and two children in the East Village of Manhattan.