George studied music at Boston University, the Peabody Conservatory, and Duke University, where he received his PhD. George is interested in works that intersect music, theater, and the documentary process, and is currently working on The Emigrants, a documentary work for the cello-percussion duo New Morse Code. George Lam is the 2018 composer-in-residence at the Chautauqua Opera Company, and also serves as a co-artistic director of Rhymes With Opera, an NYC-based ensemble that commissions and produces new operas.