Viola lists some influential artists, such as Shostakovich, Britten, Bartók, Stravinsky and Belle & Sebastian.
The website won several prestigious European awards[citation needed] and was written up in Communication Arts Magazine.
[1] He was nominated in 2009 for a Prix Constantin award in France, and performed on several notable French TV shows, including One Shot Not and Taratata.
[5] In 2015, he released the first of series of short, improvised a cappella pieces titled "The Elementals: It Began To Rain" on May 1, 2015.
[6] That same year he began a music collaboration with pianist Luis Mojica, and performance artist Ryder Cooley in what was known as "The Platte Clove Nature Theater".