His compositions have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Africa. He has studied at Northwestern University (Chicago) and privately in Paris with Alan Stout, C. P. First, Jay Alan Yim, and private master classes with Pierre Boulez and Louis Andriessen.  He currently studies with Alfred Lerdahl and Tristan Murail at Columbia University, where he is a doctoral candidate and Fellow of the Faculty.

His radio program Music of this Century was broadcast in Chicago from 1993 to 1996.  Mr. Cody co-founded the international periodical and (later) website Paris Transatlantic in 1995, and he co-founded the Ensemble Sospeso the same year with Kirk Noreen; the ensemble has been responsible for many US and world premieres of chamber works by American and European composers.  Mr. Cody is the author of many published articles on contemporary music, and also an accomplished visual artist and professional designer; his work has been exhibited internationally.