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past eventsTHE ROAD HOME
Lehigh Valley Chorale - Nicholas Sienkiewicz, conductor
Miller Symphony Hall - Allentown, PA
May 9, 2026
2:00 pm
The Road Home celebrates 10 years of the Lehigh Valley Chorale, joined for this historic moment by the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Works will include choral-orchestral pieces by George Frideric Handel, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Stephen Sondheim, and Christopher Tin, plus the world premiere of LVC’s first-ever commission The Forest Always Sings by Dominick DiOrio.
ARLINGTON CHORALE PRESENTS: REPLY
The Arlington Chorale - Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, conductor
Westover Baptist Church - Arlington, VA
May 9, 2026
5:00 pm
"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." Leonard Bernstein spoke these words after President Kennedy's assassination, and they inspire this powerful concert exploring how artists throughout history have chosen to answer darkness with beauty. From Palestrina, J.S. Bach, and Brahms to contemporary composers like Sarah Quartel, Reena Esmail, Ysaÿe Barnwell, and Dominick DiOrio (We Reply) experience how music becomes humanity's most powerful response to suffering. Tickets and more info.
THE ROAD HOME
Lehigh Valley Chorale - Nicholas Sienkiewicz, conductor
Miller Symphony Hall - Allentown, PA
May 9, 2026
7:00 pm
The Road Home celebrates 10 years of the Lehigh Valley Chorale, joined for this historic moment by the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Works will include choral-orchestral pieces by George Frideric Handel, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Stephen Sondheim, and Christopher Tin, plus the world premiere of LVC’s first-ever commission The Forest Always Sings by Dominick DiOrio.
ARLINGTON CHORALE ON TOUR
The Arlington Chorale - Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, conductor
Basilica di Santa Trinita - Florence, Tuscany, Italy
May 13, 2026
8:00 pm
The Arlington Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, brings to Italy and Tunisia a vibrant program of contemporary choral music centered on hope, compassion, resilience, and human connection. Featuring works by Melanie DeMore, Dominick DiOrio (We Reply), Jake Runestad, Jocelyn Hagen, Selima Terras, Reena Esmail, Moses Hogan, and Christopher Tin, the program offers a rich and uplifting musical journey across diverse voices and traditions. More information.
ARLINGTON CHORALE ON TOUR
The Arlington Chorale - Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, conductor
Chiesa di San Marcello al Corsoand - Rome, Lazio, Italy
May 16, 2026
5:00 pm
The Arlington Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, brings to Italy and Tunisia a vibrant program of contemporary choral music centered on hope, compassion, resilience, and human connection. Featuring works by Melanie DeMore, Dominick DiOrio (We Reply), Jake Runestad, Jocelyn Hagen, Selima Terras, Reena Esmail, Moses Hogan, and Christopher Tin, the program offers a rich and uplifting musical journey across diverse voices and traditions.
ARLINGTON CHORALE ON TOUR
The Arlington Chorale - Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, conductor
St. George's Anglican Church - Tunis, Tunisia
May 18, 2026
5:00 pm
The Arlington Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Ingrid Lestrud, brings to Italy and Tunisia a vibrant program of contemporary choral music centered on hope, compassion, resilience, and human connection. Featuring works by Melanie DeMore, Dominick DiOrio (We Reply), Jake Runestad, Jocelyn Hagen, Selima Terras, Reena Esmail, Moses Hogan, and Christopher Tin, the program offers a rich and uplifting musical journey across diverse voices and traditions.
YOUTH CHOIR FESTIVAL NORTHWEST
Youth Choir Festival
Schneebeck Concert Hall - University of Puget Sound - Tacoma, WA
May 31, 2026
4:00 pm
The Festival Choir performs by work We Will Do Miracles as part of Youth Choir Festival NW 2026. More information here.
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA - 86TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL CONCERT
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia (Dominick DiOrio) and Philadelphia Youth Orchestra - Louis Scaglione, director
Marian Anderson Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts - Philadelphia, PA
May 31, 2026
7:00 pm
PYO closes its season with a powerful program of American signature works, in celebration of America’s 250 birthday! Joined by the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, the orchestra presents Thompson’s moving The Testament of Freedom and Copland’s triumphant Third Symphony. The evening also features Schuman’s New England Triptych and Stravinsky’s arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner. More information and tickets.
JOYFUL ABUNDANCE
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Rodeph Shalom - Philadelphia, PA
June 6, 2026
4:00 pm
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia ends its 152nd season with 5 world premiere works by poets and composers from across the Philadelphia region. All premieres are inaugural award-winners from the Joyful Abundance Emerging Artists Commissioning Program. Also featuring Randall Thompson's The Testament of Freedom.
OUR WILDEST IMAGINING @ EMMANUAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH BALTIMORE
The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director of music & organist
Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore, MD
June 7, 2026
10:30 am
Chris Lane and The Emmanuel Choir perform my work for Bishop Gene Robinson, Our Wildest Imagining as part of their June 7th Choral Eucharist. They will also perform my work, You Do Not Walk Alone. Free and open to all.
