Education
University of Houston.
composer conductor music educator musicologist
University of Houston.
He participated in the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program with Barry Jekowsky and the California Symphony from 1994 to 1996 and, more recently, served as Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony during their 2006–2007 Season, for which he wrote a violin concerto for Sarah Chang. In 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy for best composition for his chorus and orchestra work, The Here and Now, based on the poetry of Rumi. Theofanidis" has recently written a ballet for the American Ballet Theatre, a work for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as part of their "New Brandenburg" series, and he currently has two opera commissions for the San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera companies.
He has a long-standing relationship with the Atlanta Symphony, and has just had his first symphony premiered and recorded with that orchestra.
He currently teaches at the Yale School of Music.
He has served as a delegate to the United States.-Japan Foundation"s Leadership Program and is a former faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School.