Dominick DiOrio

The University of Oregon Chamber Choir and director Sharon Paul head to Sweden to compete in the Grand Prix of Nations Competition. Their tour schedule includes multiple performances of my work, Day of Fire and Sun. Here is the complete itinerary of performances:

Sollentuna, Sweden August 1, 7:00 p.m. | Edsbergskyrkan {Sollentuna, Sverige 1 augusti kl 19 | Edsbergskyrkan}

Stockholm, Sweden August 2, 12:00 p.m.| Santa Clara Kyrka {Stockholm, Sverige 2 augusti kl 12 | Sancta Clara kyrka}

Nora, Sweden August 4, 6:00 p.m.| Nora Kyrka {Nora, Sverige 4 augusti kl 18 | Nora kyrka}

Jönköping, Sweden August 5, 7:00 p.m.| Sofiakyrkan {Jönköping, Sverige 5 augusti, kl 19 | Sofiakyrkan}

Gothenburg, Sweden August 7 - 10 | Grand Prix of Nations Competition {Göteborg, Sverige 7-10 augusti | Göteborgs internationella körfestival 2019}

Matthew Potterton and the Eastern Tennessee State University Chorale sing my work We Dance as the finale to their competition performance at the Llangollen International Music Eidsteddfod.

Brett Karlin and the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay celebrate their 40th anniversary with a program of music that includes my We Reply for SATB chorus, piano, and string orchestra. More information and tickets.

The Bay Choral Guild, under the direction of Sanford Dole, performs my work We Dance, for unaccompanied mixed chorus.  More information and tickets. 

The Bay Choral Guild, under the direction of Sanford Dole, performs my work We Dance, for unaccompanied mixed chorus.  More information and tickets. 

Billy Sauerland and the OGMC give the world premiere of my new commissioned work, Feeling Infinite, for TTBB and piano on an original text of Eleanor Wikstrom.

Jonathan Brennand conducts the WYSO and Diamonds from the Dust Vocal Ensemble (Mark Mummert, director) perform the world premiere of Be With Us Now, in the version for chorus and orchestra.

The University Choir and Bel Canto at California State University Long Beach, led by Joshua Palkki and Matthew Lyon Hazzard, perform my work A World Aglow for SATB and SSA choruses and chamber orchestra as part of their concert, "Hope for Resolution."

The Edmonton Youth Orchestra and the Shumayela Choir premiere conductor Michael Massey's new orchestral arrangement of my piece Life has Loveliness to Sell, originally written for treble choir and piano.  

NOTUS presents "Collaborations: Music with Friends" as its Spring 2019 concert, with special guest faculty members Linda Strommen (oboe), Julia Bentley (mezzo-soprano), Janette Fishell (organ), and Katherine Jolly (soprano). In addition to music by Petr Eben, Carolina Heredia, and Joel Thompson, the performance will feature the premiere of I Give You Peace, commissioned by Linda Strommen for NOTUS. It will also include a performance of my work When did we see you? for chorus and soprano solo.

The Lewis & Clark choirs, led by Katherine FitzGibbon and Brandon Brack, present a concert of uplifting choral music, including my work You Do Not Walk Alone for unaccompanied mixed chorus.

Mary Hopper and the Wheaton College Women's Chorale give a performance of my work Broken for SSAA and piano for their Spring Concert.

Conductor Molly Getsinger and the UC Women's Chorus perform my work Broken as part of the UC Choruses Spring Showcase at Corbett Auditorium on the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music campus.

NOTUS and the Indiana University Chamber Orchestra perform Steve Reich's monumental work, The Desert Music, as part of this March concert. Also included is a performance of Aaron Jay Kernis' Musica celestis for string orchestra. Free.

The McGill Schulich Singers, conducted by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone for unaccompanied mixed chorus as part of their tour, "A Clear Midnight."

Matthew Phelps and the WEUMC Choir perform my I give you a new commandment during their morning service.

Inspired by the art song tradition, The Thirteen sings music of the heart in this intimate concert featuring eight soloists and piano. Join The Thirteen for an evening of works by Johannes Brahms, Samuel Barber, Daniel Elder and my original work I give you a new commandment.

Frank Martignetti and the Mystic River Chorale perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone on their January concert featuring other works by Henry Mollicone and Ola Gjeilo.

The SHS Symphonic Choir and Christopher Nickelson-Mann, with marimbist KT Taylor, perform my work The Ghost's Story as part of their Winter Concert.

Andrew Knaup, his colleagues, and the Franklin Central High School Department of Performing Arts give the world premiere performance of A Gaelic Blessing, my new work for mixed chorus and orchestra. Ticketed.

Andrew Knaup, his colleagues, and the Franklin Central High School Department of Performing Arts give the world premiere performance of A Gaelic Blessing, my new work for mixed chorus and orchestra. Ticketed.

Andrew Knaup, his colleagues, and the Franklin Central High School Department of Performing Arts give the world premiere performance of A Gaelic Blessing, my new work for mixed chorus and orchestra. Ticketed.

Sharon Paul and the University of Oregon Chamber Choir give the world premiere of my new commissioned work, Day of Fire and Sun, for SATB a cappella.

ORA Singers present their own Mass of Thanksgiving, celebrating the best of American and European choral music. Based around the Mass for Five Voices by the 'Father of English Musick' William Byrd, the evening includes masterpieces by Tallis, Palestrina and Hildegard of Bingen alongside works by Bernstein, Lauridsen and Whitacre and world premieres by two American rising stars, Julia Adolphe and Paola Prestini. Also including a performance of my work O Virtus Sapientiae, paired with the same Hildegard chant on which it is based. Tickets and more information.

Cordus Mundi and Rick Rosen performed the TTBB version of my work, You Do Not Walk Alone.

Our world has been shaped significantly by those who have fought and sacrificed for freedom and equality for others. In a time of political and social divides, whether the battlefields we fight on are physical or intangible, the cultivation of empathy and awareness is essential. Featuring premieres by David Brunner, Dominick DiOrio (Down Deep), Jennifer Higdon, and Jake Runestad, a full performance of Ted Hearne’s “Privilege,” and selected arrangements, our 7th season opens up with an invitation to look within and around us, and to imagine a world that expresses and is defined not by privilege and hierarchy, but by equality, empathy, and love.  

Jonathan Brennand and the First Parish Choir give the world premiere of my new hymn, Be With Us Now, for choir and organ at a special afternoon concert. Also including the Fauré Requiem and Dvorak Cello Concerto performed by Worcester Youth Orchestras.

Kim Carballo and the wonderful players and singers of Reimagining Opera for Kids give the world premiere of The World Is One, my new opera for children with librettist Terry Pinaud. Free.

Cor Cantiamo and Eric Johnson present their fall concert, "Catalyst." The balance of the concert will explore the theme of individuals providing a catalyst for change; from contemporary voices highlighting issues of social justice, to explorations of how historical composers such as Josquin des Prez, Johannes Brahms, and Arvo Pärt used their musical voices to change the direction of music in their time. The concert includes a performance of When Did We See You? which Cor Cantiamo commissioned last year.

Brett Karlin and the Master Chorale of South Florida give the world premiere of my commissioned work, We Reply, for chorus, strings, and piano. Ticketing information here.

Brett Karlin and the Master Chorale of South Florida give the world premiere of my commissioned work, We Reply, for chorus, strings, and piano. Ticketing information here.

For her DMA recital, Gabrielle Gaudreault conducts the South Short Children's Choir in a performance that includes my work, Life Has Loveliness to Sell for SA and piano.

Worcester's professional vocal ensemble Diamonds from the Dust, led by conductor Mark Mummert, performs two of my works on their concert: You Do Not Walk Alone and Down Deep, both for a cappella mixed chorus.

A blowout concert marking SWC's 15 years on stage; where they’ve been and where they’re going! They celebrate their journey here with throwback favorites, world beats, and party songs, plus they point to their vision for the future with fresh choral sounds that illuminate stories of strength, survival, and hope. Featuring music from Katy Perry ("Roar"), Melissa Etheridge ("I Run for Life"), Alicia Keys ("Superwoman"), and the worlds of disco, Broadway (West Side Story) and Hollywood (The Greatest Showman). Plus my own We Will Do Miracles  for chorus and piano.

The Schulich Singers and conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone for unaccompanied mixed chorus as part of their In Memoriam concert.  The concert also includes the Howell's Requiem and works by Esenvalds, Berlioz, Brent, and Betinis.

A blowout concert marking SWC's 15 years on stage; where they’ve been and where they’re going! They celebrate their journey here with throwback favorites, world beats, and party songs, plus they point to their vision for the future with fresh choral sounds that illuminate stories of strength, survival, and hope. Featuring music from Katy Perry ("Roar"), Melissa Etheridge ("I Run for Life"), Alicia Keys ("Superwoman"), and the worlds of disco, Broadway (West Side Story) and Hollywood (The Greatest Showman). Plus my own We Will Do Miracles  for chorus and piano.

A blowout concert marking SWC's 15 years on stage; where they’ve been and where they’re going! They celebrate their journey here with throwback favorites, world beats, and party songs, plus they point to their vision for the future with fresh choral sounds that illuminate stories of strength, survival, and hope. Featuring music from Katy Perry ("Roar"), Melissa Etheridge ("I Run for Life"), Alicia Keys ("Superwoman"), and the worlds of disco, Broadway (West Side Story) and Hollywood (The Greatest Showman). Plus my own We Will Do Miracles  for chorus and piano.

Misha Penton's video of The Captured Goddess will be screened at the Frame x Frame Film Festival at Ronin Art House in Houston, TX. More info here.

The Dallas Chamber Choir, under the direction of Jon L. Culpepper, perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone for unaccompanied mixed chorus, also included on their new album, "Love Manifested."

The Mt. San Antonio College Chamber Singers, led by conductor Bruce Rogers, sing my work You Do Not Walk Alone for unaccompanied mixed chorus on their farewell concert before they leave to compete in the World Choir Games in South Africa.

Jeffrey Douma and the Yale Choral Artists perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone for their NYC concert. Ticketed.

This year, I am excited to be a member of the Composition Faculty for the Choral Arts Initiative's PREMIERE|Project Festival!  As part of the PREMIERE|Project Festival, Brandon Elliott leads the Choral Arts Initiative in a performance of seven world premieres by Composition Fellows, as well as a performance of my piece All Is for mixed chorus, mezzo-soprano solo, viola, and piano.

The Choral Project, lead by Daniel Hughes, concludes its 22nd season with a concert that combines music and movement.  This concert includes the West Coast premiere of my piece Change My Sorrow Into Song for mixed chorus and piano, which was co-commissioned by The Choral Project.  

Richard Sowers and the Anderson University Chorale give a performance of the work they commissioned from me for their centennial celebration: Walking to the Sun, for SATB, clarinet, viola, crotales, and piano.

Richard Sowers and the Anderson University Chorale give a performance of the work they commissioned from me for their centennial celebration: Walking to the Sun, for SATB, clarinet, viola, crotales, and piano.

Richard Sowers and the Anderson University Chorale give a performance of the work they commissioned from me for their centennial celebration: Walking to the Sun, for SATB, clarinet, viola, crotales, and piano.

Thea Kano leads the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC in singing my work You Do Not Walk Alone for unaccompanied TTBB chorus as a part of the Various Voices festival in Munich, Germany.

William Bausano and the Miami University Choraliers give the world premiere of Broken, my new work for SSAA chorus and piano with text by Megan Levad.

Chuck Woodward leads the Virginia Chorale in a performance of my work We Dance for a cappella chorus on their season finale concerts featuring music of the X.Y.Z. generations of American composers.

Conductor Robert Bode and Choral Arts Northwest premiere my work When I Was Eight for chorus and piano, a collaboration between Robert Bode and me, with poetry by Robert himself.  This performance is part of Choral Arts Northwest's season finale concerts, featuring music inspired by and based on poetry.

Richard Sowers and the Anderson University Chorale give a performance of the work they commissioned from me for their centennial celebration: Walking to the Sun, for SATB, clarinet, viola, crotales, and piano.

The Taylor Sounds Chamber Ensemble under the direction of JoAnn Rediger perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone for a cappella chorus as part of their Spring Noel Concert.  Their performance will accompany a showing of works by African artists.

As part of the celebration of the sesquicentennial of the University of Illinois, the University's School of Music has commissioned Gathering, a major new 25-minute work for chorus, vocal soloists, and wind symphony, with a libretto compiled by American novelist and writer Richard Powers. a National Book Award winner who has also served on the faculty of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).

Gathering sets the words of three illustrious U of I alums - the poet Mark Van Doren, Rosalyn Yalow (Nobel laureate in Medicine/Physiology), and Fazlur Khan (one of the most influential architects and engineers of the 20th century, who created the modern Chicago skyline). Powers describes the three as "a downstate farm boy, a New York Jew, and a Muslim immigrant; Pulitzer, Nobel, AIA winners; all Illinois undergrads and all champions of liberal education" and the libretto as "touching broadly on education, aspiration, inclusivity, the links between art and science, and the centrality of imagination."

The new work will be premiered in the spring of 2018 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, at Lincoln Center/Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana. The premiere will be given by the University of Illinois Wind Symphony (conducted by Dr. Stephen Peterson, Director of Bands) and the University of Illinois Chamber Singers (conducted by Dr. Andrew Megill, Director of Choral Activities). It will also feature the illustrious vocal artists Nathan Gunn (February performances), Richard Todd Payne (April performances) and Yvonne Gonzales Redman.

Read more here.

Lisa Billingham and the FCPC Chancel Choir give the world premiere performance of my new work for chorus, oboe and organ, Already Here, on an original poem of Myra Binns Bridgforth during their Sunday service.

The Rock Creek Singers of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington and director Thea Kano give the world premiere of the TTBB version of You Do Not Walk Alone, commissioned specially for them. More information and tickets.

The Rock Creek Singers of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington and director Thea Kano give the world premiere of the TTBB version of You Do Not Walk Alone, commissioned specially for them. More information and tickets.

The Oakland East Bay Gay Men's Chorus and conductor William Sauerland perform my work Let us plant our gardens now for TTBB chorus, piano, and percussion.

Director of Music DeReau Farrar leads the Unitarian Choir of First Unitarian Portland in singing my work I give you a new commandment, scored for mixed a cappella chorus, at their Maundy Thursday Communion Service.

Gregory Ristow leads the 2018 Oberlin Choristers Honor Choir in an afternoon of delightful singing, including my work Life Has Loveliness to Sell.

The Young Professionals Choral Collective and conductor KellyAnn Nelson perform my work We Dance! for a cappella chorus as part of their signature annual gala.

Joey Martin and the Texas State University Chorale perform my work All Is during the Southwest ACDA regional conference in Oklahoma City, OK. Featuring Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano and Ames Asbell, viola.

Jeremy Jones and the Miami University Men's Glee Club performed my work Let Us Plant Our Gardens Now as part of their ACDA Central Region Conference program.

Michael Fuchs and the Clayton State University Chorale give a performance of Down Deep, my choral work based on the words of members of The Little Rock Nine, as part of a young people's concert honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Free.

Michael Fuchs and the Clayton State University Chorale give a performance of Down Deep, my choral work based on the words of members of The Little Rock Nine, as part of a choral festival for high school students celebration Martin Luther King Jr. Free.

Richard Sowers and the Anderson University Chorale give a performance of the work they commission from me for their centennial celebration: Walking to the Sun, for SATB, clarinet, viola, crotales, and piano.

Jon Culpepper and the Dallas Chamber Choir perform my work, You Do Not Walk Alone, as part of their program "Love Manifested" which also includes works by Whitacre, Runestad, Gjeilo, Forrest, and more. Information and tickets.

Featuring a performance of my work I Am for mixed choir and soprano. Free.

MCC faculty member Anna Ward, soprano, will be joined by Rodolfo Girón, countertenor, Drew Ricciardi, viola, and Elaine Rombola, piano, for a program which reflects LGBT issues through music from the 1600’s until today. Vocal duets by Claudio Monteverdi; arias by George Frideric Handel; songs by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; a song cycle by Juliana Hall set to poetry by Elizabeth Bishop and Edna St. Vincent Millay; and a song cycle for soprano and viola by Dominick DiOrio entitled And the Barriers Had Vanished will be featured. This event was such a success last spring in Lowell that it is being presented again in Bedford during class hours.

Michael Mitchell and the Oakland University Chorale perform Alleluia for chorus and marimba as part of their November concert.

Nothing makes me happier than to have had the chance to prepare the 173-voice IU Oratorio Chorus for a performance of Krzysztof Penderecki's St. Luke Passion with the composer conducting. Brent Gault prepared the children's choir and Nathan Blair prepared the orchestra, with additional preparation by Mr. Penderecki's assistant, Maciej Tworek. Free but ticketed. More information.

Michael Fuchs and the Clayton State University Chorale give a performance of Down Deep, my choral work based on the words of members of The Little Rock Nine, in a program designed to draw links between the Protestant Reformation and the Civil Rights movement. Free.

Dominick is delighted to be concluding his term as Treasurer for the National Collegiate Choral Organization. As part of that service, he has helped to plan and execute the 7th National Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hosted by LSU. This conference includes a wealth of scholarship and creative activity offered by dozens of individuals and performing ensembles. Read more at the NCCO website.

Justin Hazelgrove and the Karlshamn Kammerkör give a performance of my work You Do Not Walk Alone as part of their memorial concert for Björn Stoltz.

Philip Swan and the Northeast Wisconsin Vocal Artists (newVoices) perform one of many consortium premieres of my new work Change My Sorrow Into Song, on their program bringing awareness to homelessness. Tickets and more information.

The Cameron University Concert Choir, conducted by Christian Morren, will perform my work Cuckoo, Cuckoo for a cappella chorus.

Tom Trenney and sounding light gave a fantastic performance of Alleluia for chorus and marimba as part of their program "Unclouded Day."

Tom Trenney and sounding light gave a fantastic performance of Alleluia for chorus and marimba as part of their program "Unclouded Day."

Tom Trenney and sounding light gave a fantastic performance of Alleluia for chorus and marimba as part of their program "Unclouded Day."

Earl Rivers and the Knox Choir give the world premiere performance of my new work Psalm 105 during the 11am Sunday service.

The Westminster Choir and Joe Miller sang my work I Am on tour in Spain at Montserrat Abbey.

Colleen Potter Thorburn and Benjamin Thorburn give a presentation for the AHS National Summer Institute titled "Music for Voice and Harp." The recital features a performance of my song, "Rise up, my love."

The Vox Nova Chamber Choir and director Shannon Chase perform a program of music by many contemporary composers including Clausen, Arnesen, Paulus, and Sandström, with David Lang's The National Anthems as a centerpiece. Also included are performances of my works I Am and Alleluia.

Join the New York City Master Chorale as they present favorite a cappella choral works by American composers before they leave on their tour to Florence, Italy! This delightful concert will feature favorite classics by Alice Parker, Stephen Paulus, Moses Hogan, Randall Thompson and Eric Whitacre, new works by Julia Barry, Dominick DiOrio (You Do Not Walk Alone), and Joseph Turrin and more! Tickets.

A survey of a cappella settings of Shakespeare’s famous words by composers from the Renaissance to the present, including my work Cuckoo, Cuckoo.

A survey of a cappella settings of Shakespeare’s famous words by composers from the Renaissance to the present, including my work Cuckoo, Cuckoo.

The Cantate Chamber Singers perform a program of eclectic and quirky choral works, including my Stravinsky Refracted, as well as works by Barber, Ives, Beach, and more. Tickets and information.

The theme of Resound Ensemble's Spring concert is best captured in one word,  Ai'yu, which evokes the spirit of transcendence. Used mainly in Egyptian cultures, this word serves as an exclamation meaning "astonishing!" and "marvelous!" during times of great joy. Our program includes such works worthy of this exclamation, such as Arvo Pärt's Magnificat, Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, and works by contemporary composers such as Dominick DiOrio's I Am, and Ola Gjeilo's Northern Lights. Our composer-in-residence this year is Bay Area-composer, Anne Hege. We will perform the West Coast-premiere of her piece, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.

The theme of Resound Ensemble's Spring concert is best captured in one word,  Ai'yu, which evokes the spirit of transcendence. Used mainly in Egyptian cultures, this word serves as an exclamation meaning "astonishing!" and "marvelous!" during times of great joy. Our program includes such works worthy of this exclamation, such as Arvo Pärt's Magnificat, Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, and works by contemporary composers such as Dominick DiOrio's I Am, and Ola Gjeilo's Northern Lights. Our composer-in-residence this year is Bay Area-composer, Anne Hege. We will perform the West Coast-premiere of her piece, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.

Cantus Novus performs a concert of love songs and works reveling in the joy of spring, including We Dance for chorus a cappella. Tickets and more information.

Tucker Moore and the Northstar Consort perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone on their inaugural concert program. Tickets.

Janet Galván and the Ithaca College Choir and Orchestra give the world premiere performance of my new commissioned work, SOLARIS, A Choral Symphony in Three Movements, for mixed chorus, soprano soloist, cello soloist, string orchestra, and percussion. Tickets required.

Dominick DiOrio leads the FGMEA All-County Chorus in a performance of 10 works, including the world premiere of a new commissioned work If there is for SSA and piano.

Andrew Morgan and the Hendrix College Choir premiere my powerful new commissioned work Down Deep, on texts from members of The Little Rock Nine.

Janet Galván and the Ithaca College Choir and Orchestra give a preview performance of my new work, SOLARIS, A Choral Symphony in Three Movements. The premiere will take place at Lincoln Center on Saturday, April 29th.

The West End United Methodist Church Choir and their director Matthew Phelps premiere my new work for Easter Sunday, He Walks the Road, on a poem by WEUMC Senior Pastor Michael E. Williams. 

Stephan Casurella and the Christ Church Cathedral Choir perform my anthem I give you a new commandment for their Maundy Thursday service.

Rollo Dilworth and the OAKE National Conference Chamber Choir perform We Dance!

The Hofstra Univeristy Chamber Choir Spring Tour includes performances of my work A Dome of Many-Colorued Glass for chorus and marimba, featuring percussionist Bryan Wysocki and conductor David Fryling.

March 22, 2017: Bangor Area High School - Bangor, PA - 7:30pm
March 23, 2017: Holy Family Catholic Community - Middletown, MD - 7:30pm
March 24, 2017: Trinity Episcopal Church - Solebury, PA - 7:30pm
March 25, 2017: Rocky Hill Congregational Church, Rocky Hill, CT - 3pm
March 26, 2017: St. Andrews UMC, Cherry Hill, NJ - 4pm
 

Jason Sabino and the Oregon Chorale perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone as part of their concert "Response to Strife," featuring Gorecki's Miserere. More information and tickets.

It’s not a combination that’s heard often: chorus with marimba, celesta, harp, fingersnaps, handclaps, bells, gong, and other percussion. The Providence Singers will perform works by contemporary American composers Dan Forrest, Dominick DiOrio (Alleluia), Eric Whitacre, and a new work by Michael Galib, the Singers assistant conductor. Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Charles Ives’ Psalm 90, an extraordinarily modern piece from 1923, complete the program.

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Chamber Orchestra and NOTUS join forces to bring to life two important masterworks for voices and orchestra: Jennifer Higdon's Dooryard Bloom for baritone soloist and orchestra; and James MacMillan's magnum opus Seven Last Words from the Cross for chorus and strings.

In addition to Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and MacMillan's Cantos Sagrados, Karen P. Thomas and Seattle Pro Musica perform my work Peace, I leave with you in their program devoted to unity and social justice. More information and tickets.

Come prepared to sing, clap and stomp along the path to freedom with Melanie DeMore. Following her sold-out concert in 2014, Melanie returns to raise up immigrant voices past and present through songs of liberation and freedom, illuminating Minnesota’s historic role as a sanctuary for the oppressed. Featuring a performance of my work Freedom's Plow for narrator, piano, cello, and mixed chorus.

VocalEssence Chorus
Franklin Middle School Chorus, Minneapolis
North High School Chorus, Minneapolis
Parkway Montessori and Community Middle School Chorus, Saint Paul
Johnson Senior High School Chorus, Saint Paul
Melanie DeMore, guest artist
G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor

My alma mater, Salem High School, will be dedicating their new Seifert Performing Arts Center, and they have commissioned my new work Mark This Day for the occasion! Nothing brings me greater joy than reconnecting with the roots of why I am in music.

Featuring soprano Rachel Mikol, cellist Graham Cullen, baritone Connor Martin Lidell, violist Leonardo Vásquez, soprano Monica Dewey, and faculty pianist Nikolay Verevkin, the recital includes three of my most moving works for voices: A Ghost Through the Winding Years, The Captured Goddess, and And the barriers had vanished.

NOTUS performs a selection of new music as a featured ensemble at the Indiana Music Educators Association annual conference, including my work You Do Not Walk Alone.

Joe Miller and the Westminster Choir perform I Am as part of their southeast tour of the United States.

Joe Miller and the Westminster Choir perform I Am as part of their southeast tour of the United States.

Robert Simpson and the tenors and basses of the Houston Chamber Choir before my carol Verbum caro factum est for their annual holiday concerts at the Villa de Matel in Houston.

Robert Simpson and the tenors and basses of the Houston Chamber Choir before my carol Verbum caro factum est for their annual holiday concerts at the Villa de Matel in Houston.

Journey to Bethlehem this Christmas to experience the wonder and awe of the nativity with Conrad Susa’s Carols & Lullabies. Conductors Philip Brunelle & G. Phillip Shoultz III lead the VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers in a program of songs and carols that will also include a performance of my Alleluia for chorus and marimba. Information and tickets.

Alice Cavanaugh and the Suffolk Singers perform my Alleluia for chorus and marimba with percussionist Abby Fischer. Free.

Journey to Bethlehem this Christmas to experience the wonder and awe of the nativity with Conrad Susa’s Carols & Lullabies. Conductors Philip Brunelle & G. Phillip Shoultz III lead the VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers in a program of songs and carols that will also include a performance of my Alleluia for chorus and marimba. Information and tickets.

Mark Jennings and the Truman State University Cantoria perform my Alleluia as part of their holiday choral program.

The New Jersey All-State Mixed Choir, under the direction of Rollo Dilworth, performed my work We Dance as part of their concert program.

The HSDC premieres my new commissioned work I Tell The Story for mixed chorus and piano on the anonymous text I Am Music.

Kent Hatteberg and the outstanding University of Louisville Cardinal Singers perform my choral work I Am as part of the 2016 New Music Festival. More information.

Frank A. Watkins and the UWEC Concert Choir perform my work We Dance as part of their Fall Choral Showcase.

Joe Miller and The Westminster Choir perform my work I Am as part of their program "A Thousand Years to Live." Featuring Chloe Elzey, soprano.

The UMMGC premieres a new commissioned work for male chorus Let us plant our gardens now, set to an original text by poet Megan Levad.

Fred Coleman and the BJU Collegiate Choir perform my work An Irish Blessing on their Fall Concert.

Works by Kathleen Allan, Jake Runestad, Sydney Guillaume, Daniel Brinsmead, Daniel Elder, and my own Alleluia for chorus and marimba, plus the Canadian premiere of I Am for chorus and soprano. Tickets and more information.

Featuring new works setting Oscar Wilde’s poems from the winners of this year’s The Esoterics POLYPHONOS competition: Kenji Oh, Casey Rule, and Gordon Williamson, as well as new works by Dominick DiOrio (The Visible World) and Eric Banks.

Featuring new works setting Oscar Wilde’s poems from the winners of this year’s The Esoterics POLYPHONOS competition: Kenji Oh, Casey Rule, and Gordon Williamson, as well as new works by Dominick DiOrio (The Visible World) and Eric Banks.

For our first concert of the year, NOTUS presents a program of texts that challenge and question what it means to be privileged in today's world. The program includes music by Christopher Theofanidis (Messages to Myself), Ted Hearne (Privilege), Moses Hogan (Abide with Me), and the late David Baker, whose choral masterwork Images, Shadows, and Dreams: Five Vignettes will serve as the anchor to the program. Free.

Winner of the 2016 Washington International Competition for Voice, Maggie Finnegan rocks the repertoire from medieval song to contemporary opera and everything in between. For the opening night of the Fringe Chamber Music Festival, Finnegan collaborates with pianist Hui Chuan-Chen on a program that reflects the multiplicity of voices in contemporary American song, from the raucous cabaret sounds of William Bolcom to the poignant and reflective The Captured Goddess by Dominick DiOrio. Fresh works by Lembit Beecher take vocal range and dexterity to the limits and hear the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Emily Bronte set as intimate portrait by composer Juliana Hall.

Tickets $20. More information and purchase tickets.

The Hendrix College Choir and Andy Morgan perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone on their international tour to the Czech Republic.

Rachel Carlson and the Six Degree Singers give a concert including repertoire of Barber, Childs, Galián, Howe, Mäntyjärvi, and more! Included on the concert is my O Virtus Sapientiae, a concert motet based on Hildegard's original chant featuring three virtuosic soprano solos and a cappella chorus.  

Maggie Finnegan and James Busby perform my work The Captured Goddess for soprano and piano as part of the Music at Taylor House recital series.

Välkomna på VÅRKONSERT med Vocal Art Ensemle (fd Pro Musica) med dirigent Jan Yngwe. En vacker och variationsrik kväll utlovas med sånger från nutid och dåtid och på olika språk, genrer, tonarter, solister och konstellationer. 

Med tonsättare som Oskar Lindberg, Eriks Esenvalds, Dominick DiOrio (I Am), Anders Paulsson,Veljo Tormis, Wilhelm Stenhammar, och inte minst Beatles och Johannes Brahms.

The Hendrix College Choir and Andrew Morgan perform my work You Do Not Walk Alone for their annual Commencement exercises.

The Kansas City Chorale and artistic director Charles Bruffy perform a program of songs derived from Shakespeare’s plays, interwoven with portions of his texts performed by professional actors from the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Scenes from The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth will come to life in song. The program will include the premiere of my new work Cuckoo, Cuckoo, commissioned by the KCC with support from ACFEA and Chorus America.

The University of Minnesota Singers and Chamber Singers present their final year-end concert featuring sacred and secular music for accompanied and a cappella chorus. The concert will feature a performance of my Alleluia for chorus and marimba. Conducted by Phillip Shoultz and Kathy Romey. Free and open to the public.

Dominick is honored to be in residence with Edward Maclary and the University of Maryland choral program. In addition to teaching classes in choral literature and conducting, Dominick will conduct some of his original works with the award-winning Chamber Singers in a concert performance on Sunday, May 1st at 8pm. Original works include A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass, I Am, Ode to Purcell, and An Irish Blessing. 

Dominick is honored to be one of four commissioned composers for CCM's Shakespeare Quadracentennial Celebration (along with Judith Bingham, Ola Gjeilo, and Jake Runestad). His new work Ding, Dong, Bell for mixed chorus, clarinet, and percussion will be premiered by the CCM Chamber Choir as part of the final concert of the 2015-2016 celebration series.

The Hofstra Univeristy Chamber Choir Spring Tour includes performances of my Alleluia for chorus and marimba, featuring percussionist Bryan Wysocki and conductor David Fryling!

March 30, 2016: First Presbyterian Church - Ithaca, NY
March 31, 2016: Hershey High School - Hershey, PA
April 1, 2016: Holy Family Catholic Community - Middletown, MD
April 2, 2016: Ebenezer United Church of Christ - Lynn, PA
April 3, 2016: Doylestown Presbyterian Church - Doylestown, PA
April 15, 2016: Cathedral of the Incarnation - Garden City, NY

The ETSU Chorale performs my Alleluia as part of their TMEA conference performance, featuring Tommy Boyer, marimba and Matthew Potterton, conductor.

NOTUS' final concert of the year will feature a performance of Te Deum, Arvo Pärt's watershed composition for 3 chamber choruses, string ensemble, prepared piano, and tape. The program will also include The Giver of Stars, a world premiere composition by Sven-David Sandström; Forgiven Tears by Alex Berko, winner of the ACDA Raymond Brock Memorial Student Composition Prize; and the two winners of the 2016 NOTUS Student Composition Contest: Matthew Recio How to Survive Vesuvius and Christopher LaRosa Breath.

The Willow Consort, directed by Danny Purtell, cast light on North American composers who have illuminated the last half-century, and who now take their place on the international stage, including the UK premiere of I Am, my work for choir and soprano solo. Purchase tickets.

Seraphic Fire is pleased to offer an encore presentation of Mozart's signature opus, with a completion commissioned by Seraphic Fire featuring three newly-composed movements by young American composer Gregory Spears. “A completion that offers more musical rewards… [it] drew on hundreds of years of music history, with echoes of Bach and Mozart, glowing Romantic harmonies, glints of contemporary dissonance, and the effective use of timpani” (South Florida Classical Review). The concert will include a performance of my work I Am for chorus and soprano solo, featuring Molly Quinn. Tickets and more information. 

Seraphic Fire is pleased to offer an encore presentation of Mozart's signature opus, with a completion commissioned by Seraphic Fire featuring three newly-composed movements by young American composer Gregory Spears. “A completion that offers more musical rewards… [it] drew on hundreds of years of music history, with echoes of Bach and Mozart, glowing Romantic harmonies, glints of contemporary dissonance, and the effective use of timpani” (South Florida Classical Review). The concert will include a performance of my work I Am for chorus and soprano solo, featuring Molly Quinn. Tickets and more information. 

The University of Central Missouri Concert Choir performs a program conducted by Alan Zabriskie and featuring soprano Agatha Holland. My work I Am will be featured on the concert on the Perelman Stage of Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall. Sponsored by Mid-America Productions. More information and tickets.

Seraphic Fire is pleased to offer an encore presentation of Mozart's signature opus, with a completion commissioned by Seraphic Fire featuring three newly-composed movements by young American composer Gregory Spears. “A completion that offers more musical rewards… [it] drew on hundreds of years of music history, with echoes of Bach and Mozart, glowing Romantic harmonies, glints of contemporary dissonance, and the effective use of timpani” (South Florida Classical Review). The concert will include a performance of my work I Am for chorus and soprano solo, featuring Molly Quinn. Tickets and more information. 

Performances by the Ithaca College Madrigal Singers and Ithaca College Chorus conducted by Derrick Fox and the IC Women’s Chorale and Ithaca College Choir conducted by Janet Galván. The Choir will perform Daniel Elder’s Ave Maria and my cantata-concerto for chorus and marimba, A Dome of Many Coloured Glass. Featuring renowned marimba artist Gordon Stout as soloist.

The ETSU Chorale performs my Alleluia for chorus and marimba as part of their holiday choral concert. Featuring Tommy Boyer, marimba, and Matthew Potterton, conductor.

Greg Hobbs and the University Singers at the University of North Texas perform my Alleluia for chorus and marimba, as well as works by Handel, Gibbs, Gjeilo, and others.

Dominick is honored to take part in a week-long residency at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, which will include masterclasses and clinicians with students, as well as a performance of music with the university choral ensembles.

As Treasurer of NCCO, Dominick is delighted to help organize and implement the 6th National Conference in Portland, Oregon. Click here for more information about the conference.

NOTUS' second concert of the year includes the world premiere of John Gibson's in flight, a major new work for chorus and electronics for which Gibson received a major New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Grant from Indiana University. Other repertoire includes: David Dzubay Cantate Domino (with organ), Nico Muhly Like as the hart (with violin and percussion), Karen P. Thomas Gitanjali (with trumpet), Abbie Betinis Cedit, Hyems (with flute), Jennifer Higdon "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond" (with vibraphone and piano), and my own Alleluia (with marimba).

As part of the American Choral Directors Association International Conductor Exchange Program, Dominick will travel to Sweden and Copenhagen as a guest of Jakob Patriksson. During this time, he will have the opportunity to meet international conductors, singers, and choral leaders, give clinics and masterclasses with choral ensembles, and present at the Nordic Choral Conference.

In summer 2014, Dominick was honored to be the inaugural composer for HARMONIA, the new "composer-in-residence" program with The Esoterics. This sojourn included writing a new work in a forest studio at the home of composer emeritus Donald Skirvin. The resulting work from the residency,The Visible World, touches on themes of civil equality and same-sex marriage. Performances are:

Friday | 7 August 2015 | 8:00 pm | Seattle
St Stephen’s Episcopal Church | 4805 NE 45th Street

Saturday | 8 August 2015 | 8:00 pm | West Seattle
Holy Rosary Catholic Church | 4142 42nd Avenue SW

Sunday | 9 August 2015 | 3:00 pm | Bainbridge Island
Grace Episcopal Church | 8595 NE Day Road

Corigliano - Fern Hill
Barber - Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs

The Summer Chorus & Orchestra bring you an enchanting afternoon of music inspired by the seasons and the majesty of music. Featuring student soloists Emma Donahue (Knoxville), Courtney Jameson (Fern Hill), Erik Krohg (Five Mystical Songs), and a quartet of Crystal Vanrell, Sarah Bullock, Tislam Swift, and Daniel Lentz (Serenade), this melodic and lush romantic repertoire is the perfect treat on a July summer afternoon!

Tickets are $10 general / $5 students and can purchased in advance from the IU Box Office.

Dominick DiOrio, music director / conductor
Jacquelyn Mouritsen, stage director

Galatea: Kellie Motter
Acis: Christopher Sokolowski
Polyphemus: Jeremy Gussin
Damon: Christina Lynch, James Reynolds, Daisy Schön

Two young lovers wallow in ecstasy as a misguided cyclops attempts to interfere. Handel's comical two-act serenata is brought to life by the students of the Jacobs School of Music in this semi-staged production. The Summer Chorus is joined by an ensemble of strings, winds, and harpsichord to bring baroque flair to a story as old as time.

Tickets are $10 general / $5 students and can be purchased through the IU Box Office.

On March 6, 2015, the Cincinnati Boychoir celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the first rehearsal of the All City Boys Choir. They bring their celebration to Bloomington with a performance of another work that turns fifty in 2015: Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Guest conductor, composer, and IU faculty member Dominick DiOrio will conduct the Bernstein, as well as a performance of his own Horizon Symphony, a work about adventure and exploration commissioned by the Cincinnati Boychoir.

 

Chicago Choral Artists and Michael Costello will perform my work A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass as part of their 2014-2015 season, with concerts in Chicago and River Forest.

David Ladd and the NTHS Concert Choir perform my I give you a new commandment as part of their Spring Festival of Music. Free admission.

Dominick is delighted that eighth blackbird and the University of Richmond Schola Cantorum under the direction of Jeffrey Riehl will premiere my new work for 8bb ensemble, mixed choir and narrator, An Equal Humanity. The performance will be part of 8bb's annual residency with the Schola Cantorum and Dr. Riehl.

Baritone Nathan Windt performs my song cycle A Ghost Through the Winding Years for baritone and piano. Also featuring music of Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

Performance - Saturday, 11 April 2015 - 8pm

Dominick is looking forward to being in residence with the Macalester Concert Choir and Michael McGaghie in April of 2015 for the premiere of You Do Not Walk Alone, my new work for mixed chorus commissioned by Mike and his ensemble.

Inspiravi sings a concert featuring my Ode to Purcell as well as music of Daniel Brinsmead, Matthew Brown, Ola Gjeilo, Sydney Guillaume, Seth Houston, Zachary Neufeld, Jake Runestad, and Mari Valverde. 

The Macalester Choirs perform works by Barber, Lauridsen, Corigliano, and others, including a new commission by Dominick DiOrio, You Do Not Walk Alone.  Michael McGaghie conducts.

The Macalester Choirs perform works by Barber, Lauridsen, Corigliano, and others, including a new commission by Dominick DiOrio, You Do Not Walk Alone.  Michael McGaghie conducts.

As a part of the celebration of their fiftieth-anniversary season, the Cincinnati Boychoir has commissioned Dominick to write a twenty-minute choral-orchestral work that will receive its first performance on March 6, 2015 - the anniversary of the Boychoir's first rehearsal in 1965. The six-movement work is entitled HORIZON SYMPHONY and is comprised of poetry by Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, and an anonymous poet from the twelfth century; scored for male voices, including male trebles, altos, tenors, and basses, the work also calls for a full chamber orchestra with several percussionists, harps, brass, and strings. The work was conceived in part as a companion piece to Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms; Bernstein's work, which also turns 50 in 2015, was written for the choir of men and boys at Chichester Cathedral in Sussex, England.

Repertoire from NOTUS's ACDA appearance will be featured on this Tuesday evening concert -- music of living composers, including Michael Gilbertson, Jake Runestad, Sydney Guillaume, Caroline Shaw, Richard Nance, Sven-David Sandström, David Conte, Zachary Wadsworth, Steven Sametz, David Lang, Cristian Grases, and my own I Am!

NOTUS has been invited to be the Featured Ensemble-in-Residence for the inaugural Composers Track at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. They will perform during the College/University Reading Session on Wednesday and also during the Student Composer Masterclass on Thursday.

NOTUS's first concert of the year includes a presentation of David Lang's
the little match girl passion, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Music. The concert features two premiers by IU affiliated composers: faculty memberClaude Baker and doctoral student Phillip Sink. Also on the program are works by Daniel Knaggs and Jocelyn Hagen.