New York-based composer Robert Honstein is noted for avant-garde works that offer a sense of fun. He is the founder of two major contemporary music events. Among Honstein's earliest works to be recorded was Patter for violin, cello, and marimba (2010); percussion instruments have been featured in several of his works. In 2014, he released the album Re: You. Honstein has composed orchestral, chamber, vocal, and film music. He is a founding member of the composer collective Sleeping Giant. He has issued several solo albums, and in 2023 several of his compositions were collected on the album Lost and Found.