past events

Soprano Danielle Buonaiuto and cellist Jules Biber perform works by Jessie Montgomery, Sofia Gubaidulina, Heather Gilligan, Dominick DiOrio (And the Barriers Had Vanished...), Leilehua Lanzilotti, and Jessica Meyer, as well as folk song arrangements, in Elebash Hall. More information here.

The Macalester College Chorale and conductor Michael McGaghie give the world premiere of my new commissioned work My Harbor, My Home, on a text of Jacqueline Goldfinger. More information here.

Voces Novae and Sue Swaney give the world premiere of my work Connections for mixed chorus as part of their "Six Degrees of Separation" program. More info here.

Enjoy rich tapestry of singing through an eclectic evening of vocal music with Boston University School of Music Singers & Boston Children’s Chorus Premiere Choir. Program to include my work Every Given Light. More information here.

NOTUS has been selected to be one of the performing ensembles for the National Collegiate Choral Organization's 10th Biennial Conference: "Coming Home." DiOrio and NOTUS will present a program of music titled "America in Progress," which includes selections from NOTUS' recent album What Is Ours. Featured composers include Reena Esmail, Moira Smiley, IU alumni Kahan Taraporevala and Alex Berko, and DiOrio's own A Chain is Broken. Open to attendees of NCCO10.

'I Am Like Many' is an a cappella musical and dramatic exploration of one's personal identity within the confines of a mass functioning society. A performance of comedy alongside serious themes and tones. A mixture of mixed voices a cappella music, literature and improvisation show humankinds most beautiful and hideous sides, all at once. Music written especially for the show, “Crossroads” by Ann-Sofi Söderqvist and Malin Hülphers form a musical base and is framed by music of amongst others, Stuart Beatch, Marie-Claire Saindon, Dominick DiOrio (The Visible World) and Henrik Dahlgren. More information and tickets here.

Presented as part of the Celebration Concerts for Interkulturs 5th European Choir Games.

NOTUS' first concert of the year, You Through Me, centers a performance of Caroline Shaw's To the Hands and a 100th anniversary mounting of Charles Ives' seminal Psalm 90 for chorus, organ, and tubular bells. The concert also features new works by IU alumni Kahan Taraporevala (Youth) and Alex Berko (You Through Me), as well as the world premiere of IU student composer Thejas Mirle's Du Silbena Datia (The Sighing Mists), which won Third Prize in the 2023 NOTUS Student Composition Contest. Free and open to all.

Join Resonance Ensemble for a performance of the music from our first album, LISTEN. This concert features a collection from the first ten years of Resonance’s innovative commissions and regional premieres—including works by Melissa Dunphy, Dominick DiOrio, Mari Esabel Valverde, Stacey Philipps, Lee Hoiby, Renée Favand-See, and more. More information.

Join Resonance Ensemble for a performance of the music from our first album, LISTEN. This concert features a collection from the first ten years of Resonance’s innovative commissions and regional premieres—including works by Melissa Dunphy, Dominick DiOrio, Mari Esabel Valverde, Stacey Philipps, Lee Hoiby, Renée Favand-See, and more. More information.

Dominick DiOrio leads the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia in WE REPLY TO VIOLENCE, the first concert of MCP's 150th Anniversary Season. Featuring the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the program opens with Haydn's powerful Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse), followed by Joel Thompson's visceral and moving Seven Last Words of the Unarmed for the tenors and basses, string orchestra, and piano. DiOrio's own We Reply concludes the concert with music of resilience and determination, as we work to end racial violence through awareness and action.