He received a degree in music composition from Northwestern University, where he also served as music director and arranger for The Undertones. His most recent work, “synesthesia,” is an opera distributed as a free podcast. Each of the 43 episodes was released on the one-year anniversary of a tragic gun accident involving a toddler, and subscribers were notified of new episodes at the precise moment each gun went off 12 months earlier. To subscribe, open the Podcast app on any iPhone and search "syn.fm."