His works have been featured recently at the Spark Festival, the 2010 SCI Student National Conference, and on EcoSono's Agents Against Agency DVD release. Ensembles such as the Talujon Percussion Quartet, counter induction, the Da Capo Chamber Players, and Rêlache have premiered his pieces. Lanier is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in composition at the University of Virginia where his dissertation will explore audience-interactive music in the concert hall. He has studied composition with Bonnie Miksch, Arthur Kampela, Brad Garton, Joseph Dubiel, George Edwards, Ted Coffey, Judith Shatin, and Matthew Burtner.