[2] Black held standard violin positions in NBC Symphony and Casals Festival.
He worked with director José Quintero to produce scores for various notable productions including Ulysses in Nighttown.
His concert works include a children's opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth, a novel by Norton Juster, and a piece entitled My Country, 1998–1999, commissioned by the St. Petersburg String Quartet.
[2] He composed the soundtrack for Simple Gifts, a holiday special directed by R. O. Blechman on PBS released in 1977, including segments performed by the Renaissance group Calliope.
Black arranged the theme tune for the Canadian children's animated TV series Little Bear.