His music has been played by the American Lyric Theater, L’Orchestre National de Lorraine, the American Composers Orchestra, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, The New York Miniaturist Ensemble, the New York Youth Symphony, Center for New Music (IA), violinist Yuki Numata and pianist Ming-Hsiu Yen. He has awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, Society of Composers, the Eastman School, San José State University, Austin Peay State University, as well as fellowships from Tanglewood/ASCAP, Festival Acanthes, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and grants from institutions and private funds such as the Puffin Foundation, the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, The Fromm Foundation, and the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan. His music has been heard on the radio, the internet and in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, Miller Theater, The Stone, Arsenal (Metz), and the new Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ (Amsterdam). He holds degrees from San José State University (CA), Eastman and the University of Michigan. Jeff has studied with numerous composition teachers, including William Bolcom, Martin Bresnick, Michael Daugherty, Betsy Jolas, Bright Sheng, and Allen Strange. Jeff currently resides in New York City where he works as a freelance composer and copyist.