His music has been performed by ensembles such as the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano, the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Continuum, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Ensemble Recherche, the iO Quartet, the Players Chamber Ensemble, the PM Ensemble, the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra, and the Talea Ensemble; soloists have included Tony Arnold, Philip Higham, and Chi-Chen Wu. He has been awarded the American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Commission, the Stephen Kaske Fellowship at the Wellesley Composers Conference, the Robbins Family Prize in Composition from Cornell University, a Susan and Ford Schumann Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and the Franz Liszt Stipendium from the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar; he has received a number of awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, including a Commissions Award and a Professional Development and Training Award.