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Hear the Song Begin
Ring Out, Ye Bells!
We Reply
A Home Is Found at Christmas
Young Today
Our Wildest Imagining
Scherzo for Piano
Julia Scott Carey, piano
And the Barriers Had Vanished - IV: He asked about the quality
Meredith Mecum and Justin Dougherty, recorded at the University of Georgia, April 2012
The Visible World
Walking to the Sun
Richard Sowers, conductor
Psalm 105
Richard Pearce, organist; Bob Chilcott, director
Day of Fire and Sun
Sharon Paul, conductor
It Takes Your Breath Away
Roger Roe, English horn Original music by Dominick DiOrio Original poetry by Margie McCreless Roe
Live video of the world premiere performance, April 3, 2022, Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Change My Sorrow Into Song
Performed March 28-29, 2025 by One Voice Chorus (Charlotte, NC) and Cory Davis, artistic director. Videography by David Hodges.
Every Given Light
Cincinnati Youth Choir & Robyn Lana
Are You Looking For Me?
World premiere recording * Elevation - Arreon Harley-Emerson, director; Kethrellan Peterson, soprano; Rachel Clark, soprano; Erik Meyer, piano; Stephen Tipping, crotales; Hans Hibbard, gong
Eclipse Music for William Shatner (Complete Speech)
William Shatner's complete eclipse speech Welcoming the Darkness performed by NOTUS, IU Jacobs School of Music instrumentalists, and Dominick DiOrio, moments before the total solar eclipse at IU Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana, April 8, 2024.
Weaver of Eternities
Otis Murphy, alto saxophone * NOTUS * Dominick DiOrio, conductor (world premiere recording, March 2024)
A Home Is Found at Christmas
Choral Arts Society of Washington
- Marie Bucoy-Calavan, guest conductor
- World Premiere Performance and Recording
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, Monday, December 18, 2023
The Visible World (VoNo; Lone Larsen)
Music: Dominick DiOrio (b. 1984)
Lyrics: Oscar Wilde, Théophile Gautier, Catullus, Anthony Kennedy and Paul Barwick
Video production: Josef Sjöblom
Concept and direction: Josef Sjöblom & Lone Larsen
Camera assistant: Joel Wiklund
Based on the choreography by Ulf Evrén,
from the performance ”I am like many”, in Stockholm 2022
Ring Out, Ye Bells!
The Union * Trevor Kroeger, music director Premiere performance, December 2021 St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church Cincinnati, Ohio
Woods in Winter
Young New Yorkers' Chorus & Alex Canovas December 2022
Splitting the Sunlight
NOTUS, Dominick DiOrio, cond. - Joey Tartell, trumpet - Kimberly Carballo, piano - Recorded Sept 27, 2022 - Auer Concert Hall - Indiana University Jacobs School of Music - Bloomington, IN
A Chain is Broken (world premiere)
A Chain Is Broken (2019) NOTUS Nicholas Stevens, tenor Erina Buchholz, violin Rees Taylor Roberts, piano Dominick DiOrio, conductor & composer On an original commissioned poem, “Earth’s Anthem” by Khashayar Tonekaboni. World premiere performance.
FETTER & AIR
Fetter & Air · Abigail Chapman · Lucas DeJesus · Sierra Fox · Donald Hunt · Jina Jang · Kelsey Lewis · John Meyer · Langelihle Mngxati · Alize Rozsnyai · Michael Robert Smith · Karina Sweeney · D’quan Tyson · Sandy Rea · Ting Ting Wong · Brendan Fullam · Kyle Conner · Amanda Pfannenstiel · Albert Crawford · Mark Davidson · Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia · Dominick DiOrio
Fetter & Air ℗ 2022 Navona Released on: 2022-01-28
Sleep, Sleep, Happy Child
World premiere performance of Dominick DiOrio's "Sleep, Sleep, Happy Child" for SATB chorus, soprano solo, violin, cello, and chimes. Premiered by the South Bend Chamber Singers and Nancy Menk, director, Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 7:30pm at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana.
Corey K. Rubin - Concerto for Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Concerto for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (2020) Corey K. Rubin
0:13 I. An Address to My Muse 4:27 II. The Very Coinage of Your Brain 8:56 III. Do Dreams Lie Deeper?
World Premiere Performance: NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; Indiana University New Music Ensemble; Dominick DiOrio, conductor (Bloomington, IN, September 23, 2021)
Silent Moves the Symphony True
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band (Col. Jason K. Fettig, director)
Choral Arts Society of Washington (Scott Tucker, artistic director)
MGySgt Matthew Harding, trumpet
Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Recorded March 13-14, 2019
When I Was Eight
Choral Chameleon Chorus
Vince Peterson, artistic director
Hee Sung Kim, piano
Robyn Prezioso, visual artist
Text by Robert Bode
Moses Hogan - Hold On
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia sings Moses Hogan's arrangement of "Hold On."
Dominick DiOrio, Artistic Director & Conductor
Featuring Section Leaders Jina Jang, Alize Rozsnayi, Abigail Chapman, John Meyer, and D'Quan Tyson.
Produced by Tolsma Productions.
"Hold On!" Copyright © 2002 Hal Leonard Corporation and posted with permission.
5 Questions to Dominick DiOrio
Pablo Gómez-Estévez from Bowling Green State University asks me about being a composer. (April 2019)
Hear the Song Begin
Jolle Greenleaf, soprano & Christian Lane, organ
Youtube virtual world premiere recording: Music at Emmanuel.
Released December 16, 2020.
Commissioned by Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore.
Daydreamers
World premiere virtual recording by Children's Chorus of Washington (Margaret Nomura Clark, artistic director & conductor) in collaboration with Dance Institute of Washington (choreography by Ashanté Green) and pianist Dr. Lester Green. Film direction, audio and video editing and mastering by Arts Laureate. Premiered on June 13, 2021 as part of CCW's 25th Anniversary Gala.
My bow with the Philadelphia Orchestra after the Mendelssohn Chorus "Glorious Sound of Christmas" concert with Bramwell Tovey December 2021
Conducting Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in Reena Esmail's This Love Between Us with Vikram Mukherjee, tabla, and Snehesh Nag, sitar October 2022
From "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" with conductor Bill Eddins December 2022
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia & Dominick DiOrio @ St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Chestnut Hill December 2022
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia & Commonwealth Youthchoirs premiere We Are Waves by Carlos Cordero and Julie Flanders - Temple Performing Arts Center - March 2023
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, after singing for 5pm Mass, in celebration of MCP's 150th anniversary. June 2023
Moderating a panel on "Commissioning A New Work" for Chorus America's Annual Conference in San Francisco with Brandon Elliott, Rollo Dilworth & Dale Trumbore June 2023
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia & Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia perform Haydn's Mass in Time of War at the Church of the Holy Trinity as part of the 150th season opening concert, "We Reply to Violence." October 2023
Dress rehearsal at Indiana University Memorial Stadium with William Shatner, Dominick DiOrio, IU Jacobs School of Music Students and NOTUS * April 2024
Ovation for Carmina Burana with Dominick DiOrio, the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Fabio Luisi March 2024
William Shatner and Dominick DiOrio in the green room before the total eclipse at IU. April 2024
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, and conductor Jacob Stensberg premiere my work The Promise That Tomorrow Holds Today at Davies Symphony Hall. June 2024
