Christopher Theofanidis

Christopher Theofanidis (born December 18, 1967, in Dallas, Texas[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96002291.html "Theofanidis, Christopher, 1967-"], Library of Congress Name Authority File.) is an American composer whose works have been performed by leading orchestras from around the world, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists, the National, Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit, and many others.[https://theofanidismusic.com//biography.html Christopher Theofanidis. Press Kit. Biography], He participated in the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program with Barry Jekowsky[https://www.barryjekowsky.com/young-composers.php "Young American Composer in Residence"], barryjekowsky.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025. 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/0/05826A658B0D1F3785256EF6004EC6BC?opendocument|title=Christopher Theofanidis|website=Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |accessdate=January 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927150125/http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/0/05826A658B0D1F3785256EF6004EC6BC?opendocument |archive-date=2011-09-27}} for which he wrote a violin concerto for Sarah Chang.

Career

Theofanidis holds degrees from Yale University, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Houston, and has been the recipient of the International Masterprize (hosted at the Barbican Centre in London),{{cite web |last=Druckenbrod |first=Andrew |title=Concert Preview: Theofanidis' 'Rainbow Body' is a hit with orchestras |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=February 15, 2007 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2007/02/15/Concert-Preview-Theofanidis-Rainbow-Body-is-a-hit-with-orchestras/stories/200702150320 |accessdate=February 4, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Molly |title=Christopher Theofanidis: Wider Than a Concept, Deeper Than a Sound |work=NewMusicBox |date=November 1, 2010 |url=https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/christopher-theofanidis-wider-than-a-concept-deeper-than-a-sound/ |accessdate=September 30, 2021}} the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, six ASCAP Gould Prizes, a Fulbright Fellowship to France, a Tanglewood Fellowship, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Charles Ives Fellowship. In 2007, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for his chorus and orchestra work, The Here and Now, based on the poetry of Rumi. His Bassoon Concerto was nominated in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/christopher-theofanidis|title = Grammy Award Results for Christopher Theofanidis |website=grammy.com |access-date = November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321123510/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/christopher-theofanidis |archive-date=2019-03-21}}

Theofanidis composed the ballet Artemis, which was premiered on May 20, 2003, by the American Ballet Theatre with choreography by Lar Lubovitch.[https://www.abt.org/ballet/artemis/ "Artemis, Repertory Archive"], abt.org. Retrieved May 26, 2025. He also wrote the orchestral work Muse for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (as part of their "New Brandenburg" series), which they premiered on December 1, 2007 at Carnegie Hall.Bernard Holland (December 10, 2007), [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/arts/music/10orph.html "Something Schumann, Something Old and Also New"], The New York Times. His opera Heart of a Soldier, concerning 9/11, was premiered on September 10, 2011, by the San Francisco Opera in a production designed by Francesca Zambello.Allan Lurch (January 2012), [https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/30080/page/72 "San Francisco"], Opera, pp. 70–71.Michael Milenski (September 2011), [https://operatoday.com/2011/09/heart_of_a_soldier_in_san_francisco/ "Heart of a Soldier, San Francisco"], Opera Today website. His opera/dramatic oratorio The Refuge, with a libretto by Leah Lax, was staged and premiered by the Houston Grand Opera on November 11, 2007.Ralph Blumenthal (November 12, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/arts/music/12hous.html "Not From Here: An Opera for Houston's Immigrants"], The New York Times. He has a long-standing relationship with the Atlanta Symphony, and his Symphony No. 1 was premiered by that orchestra on April 2, 2009, and recorded.Kerry Brunson (August 2016). Mass classical: America, accessibility, and the Atlanta School of composers (thesis presented to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, California State University, Long Beach), pp. 67 (premiere date), 84 (recording). [https://www.proquest.com/openview/9f5e4b5c787c16cbc03968b07eef19e0/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750 Copy] at ProQuest. He has served as a delegate to the U.S.–Japan Foundation's Leadership Program and is a former faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School.{{Cite web|url = http://www.yellowbarn.org/artist/christopher-theofanidis|title = Christopher Theofanidis {{!}} YellowBarn|website = www.yellowbarn.org|access-date = March 2, 2016}} Since 2008, he has been on the faculty at the Yale School of Music.[https://music.yale.edu/people/christopher-theofanidis "Christopher Theofanidis"], yale.edu. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

Awards

2017 Grammy nomination for Bassoon Concerto
2016 A.I. du Pont Composer's Award
2007 Grammy nomination for The Here and Now
2003 Masterprize for Rainbow Body
1999 Rome Prize
1996 Guggenheim Fellowship{{cite web |url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/14617-chris-theofanidis |title=Chris Theofanidis - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |accessdate=July 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622020957/http://www.gf.org/fellows/14617-chris-theofanidis |archivedate=June 22, 2011 }}
1996 Barlow Prize
six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes
Fulbright Fellowship to France
Tanglewood Fellowship
Charles Ives Fellowship, by The American Academy of Arts and Letters

Selected compositions

class="sortable wikitable" style="margins:auto; width=95%;" !width="95"\|Genre !width="75"\|Date !width=\|Title !width=\|Instrumentation !width="340"\|Notes
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1992	Raga	for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and 2 percussion	written for the Eastman Musica Nova
valign="top" \| Piano	align=center\| 1992	Statues	for piano
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1994	Kaoru	for {{hs\|flutes 2}}2 flutes	written for Kaoru Hinata and Christopher Vaneman
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 1995	Concerto	for alto saxophone and orchestra
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1995	This Dream, Strange and Moving	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1995	Ariel Ascending	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1996	Metaphysica	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1996	As Dancing Is to Architecture	for orchestra	commissioned by the California Symphony
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1997	Visions and Miracles	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1997	Flow, My Tears	for violin, viola, or cello solo	written for Carol Rodland in memory of Jacob Druckman
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1998	Flourishes	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Vocal	align=center\| 1999	Song of Elos	for soprano, string quartet and piano
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1999	O Vis Aeternitatis	for string quartet and piano	commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival for Speculum Musicae
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2000	Rainbow Body	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 1997–2002	Concerto	for bassoon and chamber orchestra	commissioned by the Absolute Ensemble for Martin Kuuskmann
valign="top" \| Opera	align=center\| 2001	{{hs\|Cows of Apollo}}The Cows of Apollo or The Invention of Music
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2002	Peace, Love, Light YOUMEONE	for string orchestra
valign="top" \| Opera	align=center\| 2002	{{hs\|Thirteen Clocks}}The Thirteen Clocks		in 2 acts; libretto by Peter Webster based on the story by James Thurber
valign="top" \| Ballet	align=center\| 2003	Artemis
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2002	Concerto {{ordered list\|Black Dancer, Black Thunder \|In the Questioning (a.k.a. Sorrow) \|The Center of the Sky \|Lightning, with Life, in Four Colors Comes Down}}	for viola and chamber orchestra	commissioned by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra for Kim Kashkashian; recording by Richard O’Neill with David Alan Miller conducting the Albany Symphony, winner of the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental SoloPeter Libbey (March 14, 2021). [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/arts/music/grammys-winners-list.html?searchResultPosition=2 "2021 Grammys Winners: The Full List"], ''The New York Times.
valign="top" \| Band	align=center\| 2005	I Wander the World in a Dream of My Own Making	for wind ensemble
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\| 2005	{{hs\|Here and Now}}The Here and Now	for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2006	{{hs\|World Is Aflame}}The World Is Aflame	for violin and cello
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2006	Concerto [No. 1]	for piano and chamber orchestra	commissioned by Pro Musica Columbus for Donald Berman
valign="top" \| Piano	align=center\| 2007	All Dreams Begin with the Horizon	for piano	commissioned by Meet the Composer for Tanya Bannister
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\| 2007	{{hs\|Refuge}}The Refuge	for soloists, chorus, orchestra, and several non-Western ensembles
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2007	Muse	for strings and harpsichord	commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2008, 2009	Fantasy	for violin and piano	chamber version of movement II of the Violin Concerto
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2008	Concerto	for violin and orchestra	commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony for Sarah Chang
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2009	Summer Verses	for violin and cello
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2009	Symphony No. 1	for orchestra	commissioned by Robert Spano for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra{{cite web \|last=Kosman \|first=Joshua \|title=CD review: Christopher Theofanidis, 'Symphony No. 1' \|work=San Francisco Chronicle \|date=July 3, 2011 \|url=http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/CD-review-Christopher-Theofanidis-Symphony-No-2365875.php \|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2009	Concerto	for cello and orchestra	commissioned by and written for Nina Kotova[http://staging.dallassymphony.com/attachments/2009-2010%20Texas%20Instruments%20Classical%20Release.pdf Dallas Symphony]{{dead link\|date=August 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2010	Une Certaine joie de vivre	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Opera	align=center\| 2011	Heart of a Soldier		for San Francisco Opera
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2012	Allegory of the Cave	for string quartet and piano
valign="top" \| Piano	align=center\| 2012	Birichino (Italian: prankster)	for piano	7 minutes long commissioned by the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for the 12 semifinal round performers; released on March 15, 2013{{Cite web \|url=http://www.theaterjones.com/2013vancliburninternationalpianocompetition/20130601195425/2013-06-01/A-Prankster-on-the-Piano-Keys \|title=TheaterJones, June 1, 2013: A Prankster on the Piano Keys \|access-date=June 10, 2013 \|archive-date=June 23, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623001931/http://www.theaterjones.com/2013vancliburninternationalpianocompetition/20130601195425/2013-06-01/A-Prankster-on-the-Piano-Keys \|url-status=dead }}
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\|2013	Concerto	for marimba and wind sinfonietta
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2013	Quasi una Fantasia	for {{hs\|clarinets 2}}2 clarinets and string quartet (or string orchestra)
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2013	{{hs\|Wind and Petit Jean}}The Wind and Petit Jean	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\|2013	{{hs\|Gift}}The Gift	for tenor, chorus, and orchestra	commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2013	At the Still Point	for piano quintet
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2014	Artemis	for horn, string quintet, and keyboard
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2014	Five	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2014	{{hs\|Legend of the Northern Lights}}The Legend of the Northern Lights	for narrator, child actor and orchestra (with film)
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\| 2015	Creation/Creator	for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra{{cite web \|last=Young \|first=Andrew \|title=Atlanta Symphony Orchestra premieres Creation/Creator: A piece by Christopher Theofanidis explores mankind's genesis \|work=Atlanta \|date=April 23, 2015 \|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/atlanta-symphony-orchestra-premieres-creationcreator/ \|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}{{cite web\|last=Gresham \|first=Mark \|title=Review: World premiere of Theofanidis' oratorio shows ASO, Spano at the peak of power \|work=ArtsATL \|date=April 25, 2015 \|url=http://www.artsatl.com/2015/04/review-world-premiere-theofanidis-oratorio-shows-aso-spano-peak-power/ \|accessdate=February 11, 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215215956/http://www.artsatl.com/2015/04/review-world-premiere-theofanidis-oratorio-shows-aso-spano-peak-power/ \|archivedate=February 15, 2016 }}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2015	Dreamtime Ancestors	for orchestra	{{cite web \|last=Knox \|first=Robert \|title=Plymouth orchestra celebrates a century of music with a world premiere \|work=The Boston Globe \|date=September 24, 2015 \|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2015/09/24/plymouth-orchestra-celebrates-century-music-with-world-premiere/x2Xz3sRVWfDtmo7ZkfWUUM/story.html \|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2015	Making Up for Lost Time	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2015	{{hs\|Thousand Cranes}}A Thousand Cranes	for string orchestra and harp
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2016	Airs and Dances	for {{hs\|oboes}}2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, and percussionist
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\|2016	Four Levertov Settings	for chorus and solo violin	words by Denise Levertov
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2016	Summer Music	for orchestra	Commissioned by the Williamsport Symphony for their 50th anniversary
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	{{hs\|Conference of the Birds}}The Conference of the Birds	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2017	Four Dreams	for string quartet	commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players{{cite web\|title=20 new folk music-inspired works by 2020\|url=http://www.apollochamberplayers.org/whats-20x2020.html\|website=Apollo Chamber Players\|accessdate=March 17, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318091500/http://www.apollochamberplayers.org/whats-20x2020.html\|archive-date=March 18, 2017\|url-status=dead}}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2017	{{hs\|Game}}The Game	for orchestra	Commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	Lakshmi and the Seed of Divine Desire	for flute and piano
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	One Thing at a Time, 6 Etude Miniatures	for flute solo
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	What Is the Word?	for string quartet and electronics	co-written with Mark Wingate; commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players; words by Samuel Beckett
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\|2018	Concerto No. 2	for piano and string orchestra, harp, percussion
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2019	Discipline and Transcendence	for violin solo	written for the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition 2020
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\|2019	Drum Circles	for percussion quartet and orchestra
valign="top" \| Band	align=center\|2019	Off the Clock	for concert band
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2019	Quintet	for clarinet and string quartet
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2020	On the Bridge of the Eternal	for orchestra	Written for the University of Colorado Boulder centennial

References

External links

[http://www.theofanidismusic.com/ Christopher Theofanidis's Official Site]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081004182514/http://www.masterprize.com/pastcomM2003.shtml Masterprize 2003]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLSHB0SFdCc Interview by Tigran Arakelyan]

Category:Johns Hopkins University faculty

Category:Living people

Category:1967 births

Category:American male composers

Category:American people of Greek descent

Category:21st-century American composers

Category:Classical musicians from Texas

Category:University of Houston alumni

Category:Musicians from Dallas

Category:Yale School of Music faculty

Category:Pupils of Jacob Druckman

Category:Pupils of Samuel Adler (composer)

Category:21st-century American male musicians

Category:Albany Records artists

class="sortable wikitable" style="margins:auto; width=95%;" !width="95"\|Genre !width="75"\|Date !width=\|Title !width=\|Instrumentation !width="340"\|Notes
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1992	Raga	for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and 2 percussion	written for the Eastman Musica Nova
valign="top" \| Piano	align=center\| 1992	Statues	for piano
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1994	Kaoru	for {{hs\|flutes 2}}2 flutes	written for Kaoru Hinata and Christopher Vaneman
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 1995	Concerto	for alto saxophone and orchestra
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1995	This Dream, Strange and Moving	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1995	Ariel Ascending	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1996	Metaphysica	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1996	As Dancing Is to Architecture	for orchestra	commissioned by the California Symphony
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1997	Visions and Miracles	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1997	Flow, My Tears	for violin, viola, or cello solo	written for Carol Rodland in memory of Jacob Druckman
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 1998	Flourishes	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Vocal	align=center\| 1999	Song of Elos	for soprano, string quartet and piano
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 1999	O Vis Aeternitatis	for string quartet and piano	commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival for Speculum Musicae
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2000	Rainbow Body	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 1997–2002	Concerto	for bassoon and chamber orchestra	commissioned by the Absolute Ensemble for Martin Kuuskmann
valign="top" \| Opera	align=center\| 2001	{{hs\|Cows of Apollo}}The Cows of Apollo or The Invention of Music
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2002	Peace, Love, Light YOUMEONE	for string orchestra
valign="top" \| Opera	align=center\| 2002	{{hs\|Thirteen Clocks}}The Thirteen Clocks		in 2 acts; libretto by Peter Webster based on the story by James Thurber
valign="top" \| Ballet	align=center\| 2003	Artemis
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2002	Concerto {{ordered list\|Black Dancer, Black Thunder \|In the Questioning (a.k.a. Sorrow) \|The Center of the Sky \|Lightning, with Life, in Four Colors Comes Down}}	for viola and chamber orchestra	commissioned by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra for Kim Kashkashian; recording by Richard O’Neill with David Alan Miller conducting the Albany Symphony, winner of the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental SoloPeter Libbey (March 14, 2021). [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/arts/music/grammys-winners-list.html?searchResultPosition=2 "2021 Grammys Winners: The Full List"], ''The New York Times.
valign="top" \| Band	align=center\| 2005	I Wander the World in a Dream of My Own Making	for wind ensemble
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\| 2005	{{hs\|Here and Now}}The Here and Now	for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2006	{{hs\|World Is Aflame}}The World Is Aflame	for violin and cello
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2006	Concerto [No. 1]	for piano and chamber orchestra	commissioned by Pro Musica Columbus for Donald Berman
valign="top" \| Piano	align=center\| 2007	All Dreams Begin with the Horizon	for piano	commissioned by Meet the Composer for Tanya Bannister
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\| 2007	{{hs\|Refuge}}The Refuge	for soloists, chorus, orchestra, and several non-Western ensembles
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2007	Muse	for strings and harpsichord	commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2008, 2009	Fantasy	for violin and piano	chamber version of movement II of the Violin Concerto
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2008	Concerto	for violin and orchestra	commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony for Sarah Chang
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2009	Summer Verses	for violin and cello
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2009	Symphony No. 1	for orchestra	commissioned by Robert Spano for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra{{cite web \|last=Kosman \|first=Joshua \|title=CD review: Christopher Theofanidis, 'Symphony No. 1' \|work=San Francisco Chronicle \|date=July 3, 2011 \|url=http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/CD-review-Christopher-Theofanidis-Symphony-No-2365875.php \|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\| 2009	Concerto	for cello and orchestra	commissioned by and written for Nina Kotova[http://staging.dallassymphony.com/attachments/2009-2010%20Texas%20Instruments%20Classical%20Release.pdf Dallas Symphony]{{dead link\|date=August 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2010	Une Certaine joie de vivre	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Opera	align=center\| 2011	Heart of a Soldier		for San Francisco Opera
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2012	Allegory of the Cave	for string quartet and piano
valign="top" \| Piano	align=center\| 2012	Birichino (Italian: prankster)	for piano	7 minutes long commissioned by the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for the 12 semifinal round performers; released on March 15, 2013{{Cite web \|url=http://www.theaterjones.com/2013vancliburninternationalpianocompetition/20130601195425/2013-06-01/A-Prankster-on-the-Piano-Keys \|title=TheaterJones, June 1, 2013: A Prankster on the Piano Keys \|access-date=June 10, 2013 \|archive-date=June 23, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623001931/http://www.theaterjones.com/2013vancliburninternationalpianocompetition/20130601195425/2013-06-01/A-Prankster-on-the-Piano-Keys \|url-status=dead }}
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\|2013	Concerto	for marimba and wind sinfonietta
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2013	Quasi una Fantasia	for {{hs\|clarinets 2}}2 clarinets and string quartet (or string orchestra)
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2013	{{hs\|Wind and Petit Jean}}The Wind and Petit Jean	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\|2013	{{hs\|Gift}}The Gift	for tenor, chorus, and orchestra	commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2013	At the Still Point	for piano quintet
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2014	Artemis	for horn, string quintet, and keyboard
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2014	Five	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2014	{{hs\|Legend of the Northern Lights}}The Legend of the Northern Lights	for narrator, child actor and orchestra (with film)
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\| 2015	Creation/Creator	for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra{{cite web \|last=Young \|first=Andrew \|title=Atlanta Symphony Orchestra premieres Creation/Creator: A piece by Christopher Theofanidis explores mankind's genesis \|work=Atlanta \|date=April 23, 2015 \|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/atlanta-symphony-orchestra-premieres-creationcreator/ \|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}{{cite web\|last=Gresham \|first=Mark \|title=Review: World premiere of Theofanidis' oratorio shows ASO, Spano at the peak of power \|work=ArtsATL \|date=April 25, 2015 \|url=http://www.artsatl.com/2015/04/review-world-premiere-theofanidis-oratorio-shows-aso-spano-peak-power/ \|accessdate=February 11, 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215215956/http://www.artsatl.com/2015/04/review-world-premiere-theofanidis-oratorio-shows-aso-spano-peak-power/ \|archivedate=February 15, 2016 }}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\| 2015	Dreamtime Ancestors	for orchestra	{{cite web \|last=Knox \|first=Robert \|title=Plymouth orchestra celebrates a century of music with a world premiere \|work=The Boston Globe \|date=September 24, 2015 \|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2015/09/24/plymouth-orchestra-celebrates-century-music-with-world-premiere/x2Xz3sRVWfDtmo7ZkfWUUM/story.html \|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2015	Making Up for Lost Time	for orchestra
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2015	{{hs\|Thousand Cranes}}A Thousand Cranes	for string orchestra and harp
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2016	Airs and Dances	for {{hs\|oboes}}2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, and percussionist
valign="top" \| Choral	align=center\|2016	Four Levertov Settings	for chorus and solo violin	words by Denise Levertov
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2016	Summer Music	for orchestra	Commissioned by the Williamsport Symphony for their 50th anniversary
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	{{hs\|Conference of the Birds}}The Conference of the Birds	for string quartet
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\| 2017	Four Dreams	for string quartet	commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players{{cite web\|title=20 new folk music-inspired works by 2020\|url=http://www.apollochamberplayers.org/whats-20x2020.html\|website=Apollo Chamber Players\|accessdate=March 17, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318091500/http://www.apollochamberplayers.org/whats-20x2020.html\|archive-date=March 18, 2017\|url-status=dead}}
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2017	{{hs\|Game}}The Game	for orchestra	Commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	Lakshmi and the Seed of Divine Desire	for flute and piano
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	One Thing at a Time, 6 Etude Miniatures	for flute solo
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2017	What Is the Word?	for string quartet and electronics	co-written with Mark Wingate; commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players; words by Samuel Beckett
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\|2018	Concerto No. 2	for piano and string orchestra, harp, percussion
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2019	Discipline and Transcendence	for violin solo	written for the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition 2020
valign="top" \| Concertante	align=center\|2019	Drum Circles	for percussion quartet and orchestra
valign="top" \| Band	align=center\|2019	Off the Clock	for concert band
valign="top" \| Chamber music	align=center\|2019	Quintet	for clarinet and string quartet
valign="top" \| Orchestral	align=center\|2020	On the Bridge of the Eternal	for orchestra	Written for the University of Colorado Boulder centennial