Since embarking on his professional career, Byrnes has worked with numerous performers both in the United States and abroad. His music has been read and performed by ensembles including the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Chesapeake Youth Repertory Orchestra, Peabody Symphony and Concert orchestras, Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Cleveland Chamber Collective, Tarab Cello Ensemble, and Tonus Percussion Group. Byrnes' orchestral music in particular is currently gaining wider recognition. In 2004 the Indiana University New Music Ensemble premiered his Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra. Later that same year his work "Red Moon" was premiered in California after receiving the Northridge Prize for orchestral composition. On December 1, 2006, conductor Osmo Vänskä lead the Minnesota Orchestra in the world premiere of "Solace". In 2008, renowned French Cellist Xavier Phillips premiered "La Chapelle d'Aiguilhe: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra" with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire under conductor Sascha Goetzel.
Byrnes has taught composition at Illinois Wesleyan University as adjunct assistant professor of composition, at Indiana University as associate instructor of composition, and currently teaches at Ball State University as assistant professor of composition and theory. He has studied composition with Sven-David Sandström, Chen Yi, Don Freund, David Dzubay, and Larry Bell. In addition to awards from the American Music Center, National Association of Composers, ASCAP, USA International Harp Composition Competition, California State University, Northridge, Indiana University, Boston Conservatory and others, Byrnes has received fellowships from Yaddo and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Byrnes' harp works have been recorded on the Channel Classics and Kalan Müzik recording labels. His viola works have been recorded on the Arabesque Recordings label.
Major works
Capriccio Improvviso (15', 2013)
Viola & Piano
Commissioned by and dedicated to Maggie Snyder through the generosity of the University of Georgia's Willson Center Grant for the Humanities
Leeds Devil Nocturne (12', 2012)
Flute (optional piccolo) & Piano
Commissioned by the Cleveland Chamber Collective and written for Mary Kay Fink and Nicholas Underhill
Valley of Butterflies (15', 2011)
Harp solo, 5 movements
Capriccio Tempestoso (10', 2010)
Orchestra: 2-1-2-1; 2-2-2-1; timp, perc (1); solo harp; strings
Devil in Moscow (15', 2009)
A Fantastical Character Suite for Viola & Harpsichord
Commissioned by Maggie Snyder and Alexandra Snyder Dunbar through the generosity of the West Virginia University Foundation
La Chapelle d'Aiguilhe: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra (18', 2008)
Orchestra: 2-2-2-2; 2-2-0-0; timp.; solo cello; strings
Commissioned for Xavier Phillips and the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Mosaics (for wind quintet, 8', 2008)
Commissioned by the Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity of Illinois Wesleyan University
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