After composition studies in the USA he returned to live in the UK and currently lectures at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Music shows flair for rapid figuration, clarity of expression, and idiomatic instrumentation, within a classical modernist aesthetic. He has had works commissioned by leading soloists including percussionist Evelyn Glennie, violist Nobuko Imai, and pianist Boris Berezowsky and performed by leading groups including BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and the Nash Ensemble, Composer in Residence with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2000-04) Accomplished pianist and made Proms debut in 1990