西罗斯哥图’s research in music theory includes creating compositional systems, producing analyses and theoretical models of the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, 数学和音乐, 还有摇滚音乐, especially in the area of timbre. 他的最新作品, "Reconciling Order and Content and their Unification in Scherzo for Piano by Charles Wuorinen” appears in 新音乐的视角. He recently edited the volume The Routledge Companion to Popular 音乐 Analysis: Expanding Approaches along with Kenneth Smith and John Brackett, and contributed the chapter “System 7,” which explores pc-set structures in heavy metal. “The Structural Role of Distortion and Hard Rock,” appears in 音乐 Theory Spectrum and explores the role of distortion in relation to form in hard rock and heavy metal. He also published a large article title “Reexamining Pcset Multiplication, 复杂的乘法, and Transpositional Combination to Determine Their Formal and Functional Equivalence” in 新音乐的视角. He has published articles in Contemporary Composers, 新音乐的视角, 音乐理论在线, and the Journal of 音乐 Theory, and has delivered conferences papers at SMT, EuroMac, POPMAC, SMA, IMS, 自动对盘及成交系统, and the American Mathematical Society conferences. He selected twice to attend the Mannes Institute for Advanced Study in 音乐 Theory (2003-Transformation and 2007-Schoenberg and His Legacy). He is on the editorial board member of 新音乐的视角, and is a member of the Society for 音乐 Theory, MTSNYS, and the College 音乐 Society.

Besides his theoretical work, he is an active composer. He is currently composing a series of works title Between the Hammer and Anvil for electric guitar and percussion to be released by Ravello Records. His works Between Rock and a Hard Place (for electric guitar and percussion ensemble) and Between Rock and a Hard Place-Unplugged (for classical guitar and percussion ensemble) composed for the McCormick Percussion Group appears on a CD produced by Ravello Records. His composition Dark Paradise for Piano and Percussion appears on another McCormick Percussion Group CD released by Ravello Records. 其他 ensembles that have performed his compositions include the New 音乐 Ensemble (UT Austin), 害怕没有音乐, 雷尼尔室风, and the Puget Sound Flute Quartet. He was also Composer in Residence at Allegheny College. He earned his BA and MA from the University of California, 戴维斯(1983/1986), and he earned his DMA from the University of Washington (1995). Additional studies include composition and conducting at the Schweitzer Training Institute, composition with Milton Babbitt and conducting with Gunther Schuller. His prior teaching positions include the University of South Florida (2009-2015), the Eastman 音乐学院 (1997-2009), University of Texas-Austin (1995-97), University of California-Santa Barbara (1991-92), and the Cornish College of the Arts (1990-91).