He is a graduate of the Yale School of Music, where he was mentored by David Lang, Martin Bresnick and Aaron Jay Kernis, and the University of Sydney, where his teachers included Anne Boyd and Paul Stanhope. In addition to formal studies, he has also worked in sound engineering and electronic music production with Ben Frost at Bedroom Community/Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland, with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts.