When Roland is not performing or teaching--or working on his 3rd masters degrees at the New England Conservatory of Music--he's composing classical, third-stream , and jazz works which have included dancers, poets, painters, and vocalists.

(American Composers' Forum)

In 2008, his classical string quartet won a National Competition: DownBeat Award

In 2002, he won ASCAP/SCI Classical Composition Contest, West Coast.

His pieces have been performed in concerts in the U.S. and abroad.

In Academia, performances: London College of Music, James Madison University, Purdue, University of Texas, University of Colorado, University of Hawaii, and the                    New England Conservatory of Music