Brian received his Master's degree (MM) in Music Composition from Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts and his Bachelor's degree (BA) in Music from Columbia College Chicago. His principal composition instructors at both institutions include: Kyong Mee Choi, Stacy Garrop, Gustavo Leone, Ilya Levinson, and Doug Lofstrom. Brian's first classes in music composition were at The University of Michigan, taught by composers: James Aikman, Stephen Rush, and Erik Santos.

Brian's compositions have been performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, Palomar of Accessible Contemporary Music, and the St. James Cathedral Choir. He has had performances at Sherwood Conservatory of Music, Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University, the Music Center at Columbia College, and St. James Cathedral in Chicago, and once recorded a performance at Capital Records in Los Angeles as a film composition student/intern.

Brian was a National Finalist in the 2008 Music Teachers National Association Composition Competition and received 1st prize in the 2007 Chicago Area Music Teachers Association Composition Festival.

Brian has experience performing, as a soloist and in ensembles, on a variety of instruments, yet performs on rare occasions. He performed his own post-tonal composition, "Circus Bear," for solo piano, at the Recital Hall of Sherwood Conservatory of Music in 2007. He performed his folk-rock song, "I Was Caught, Abigail," for acoustic guitar/voice, at the Music Center of Columbia College Chicago in 2006, and sang in the Columbia College Chorus, lead by Bart Bradfield, at St. Peter's Church in Chicago in 2003. Brian also played tabla in a recital of classical Indian music and dance, lead by Rajan Sachdeva, and was a percussionist and singer in a gamelan ensemble class recital, lead by Susan Pratt Walton at The University of Michigan in 2001 and 2002. He has also performed as a singer and guitarist at a few open mic nights and one battle of the bands while growing up n Chicago.

Brian has played the role of the music critic. In 2002, his self-titled music review column, "Under the Influence of...[Band name]" came out monthly for one year in a free Ann Arbor magazine, Mad Peeps Post, edited by Jason Kirk.

Brian is currently working as a self employed composer and copyist, and often collaborates on songs and recordings with his music colleagues.