His commissions include works for the Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Ballet, and Nashville Chamber Orchestra. His numerous awards include: Finalist for the American Prize in Composition, MacDowell Artist Colony Fellowship Residency, Delta Omicron Foundation Thor Johnson Memorial Commission, Ernest Bloch Music Festival Composers Symposium… Professor of Music Composition and Coordinator of Composition Studies at the Georgia State University School of Music, Demos is the Artistic Director of the neoPhonia New Music Ensemble and serves on the Artistic Board of the SoundNOW Music Festival.