dominickdiorio
conductor composer
two letter D inside a blue circle

Broken

Choral Music

chorus with piano

work detail

instrumentation: SSAA, piano

completion date: december 2017

duration: 3 minutes

texts: "When a compass is broken" by Megan Levad

events

3

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY PRESENTS: STILL I RISE

JMU University Chorus Soprano/Alto Ensemble

James Madison University Concert Hall - Harrisonburg, VA

8:00 pm

The James Madison University UCSA and conductor Dr. Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy perform my work Broken as part of their March concert program.

20

YOUNG NEW YORKERS CHORUS PRESENTS: ALL THE SMALL THINGS

Young New Yorkers' Chorus & Alex Canovas

TBD

7:30 pm

Alex Canovas and the Young New Yorkers' Chorus perform by work Broken as part of their Spring Treble Ensemble concert. More information here.

16

GVSU

Anima Ensemble

Grand Valley State University

12:00 pm

Grand Valley State University Anima choir performs my work Broken as part of their Spring 2024 concert.

24

2024 WSMA HIGH SCHOOL STATE HONORS MUSIC PROJECT

Wisconsin All-State Treble Honors Choir - Mary Hopper, conductor

Overture Center - Madison, WI

8:00 pm

Mary Hopper and the Wisconsin All-State Treble Honors Choir perform my work Broken as part of the 2024 WSMA High School State Honors Music Project.

27

JESSA PERFORMS "THE SUN NEVER SAYS"

JESSA - Jane Edwards, conductor

St. Mary's Cathedral - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

7:00 pm

Jane Edwards and JESSA perform my work Broken as part of their September concert "The Sun Never Says." Incidentally, this performance in Tasmania, Australia will be the furthest south my music has ever been heard on Earth!

audio

Broken

Miami University Choraliers

William Bausano, conductor; Cloie Dobias, piano
World premiere recording

videos

Broken

Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Mary Hopper, director
Family Weekend Choral Showcase Concert
Recorded November 9, 2018 at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music - Wheaton, IL

performances

may 09, 2018 (premiere)

Miami University Choraliers
William Bausano, conductor
Hall Auditorium - Miami University - Miami, OH

november 09, 2018

Family Weekend Concert
Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Mary Hopper, conductor
College Church - Wheaton, IL

march 13, 2019

UC Choruses Spring Showcase
UC Women's Chorus
Molly Getsinger, conductor
Corbett Auditorium - CCM - Cincinnati, OH

april 05, 2019

Spring Concert
Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Mary Hopper, conductor
College Church - Wheaton, IL

october 04, 2019

IU Choral Collage
Voces Caelestes
Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Auer Concert Hall - IU Jacobs School of Music - Bloomington, IN

may 01, 2020 (Cancelled due to coronavirus)

University of Toledo Rocket Choristers
Brad Pierson, conductor
Doermann Theater - University of Toledo - Toledo, OH

march 03, 2023

James Madison University Chorus: Soprano/Alto Ensemble * Dr. Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy, director * Linlin Uta, collaborative pianist

scores

recordings

Home in Me
Mirabai Ensemble & Sandra Snow
Released February 3, 2023
Home in Me album cover Mirabai Ensemble & Sandra Snow, artistic director, released this new album "Home in Me" which includes my work *Broken* with poetry by Megan Levad.

purchase

publisher: Mark Foster

Purchase

commission and dedication

Commissioned by the Miami University Choraliers, William Bausano, conductor, and supported, in part, by Patty Morrison, Class of 1980 and Choralier member, 1978-1980

program note

Broken is simple and repetitive music. My use of repetition is deliberate, as these cyclic patterns of behavior and anxiety are the manifestation of our brokenness. Megan Levad’s poem “When a compass is broken” captures this isolation perfectly. Her words resonate deeply with me, as I hope they will also with those who sing and hear them. Once we recognize our cycles, our awareness expands, and we begin the necessary step of breaking our patterns and being reborn anew.

This music is humbly dedicated to my dear friend William Bausano and the Miami University Choraliers.

-- Dominick DiOrio
December 2017

text

"When a compass is broken"
​by Megan Levad
from What Have I to Say to You (2017)      

 

When a compass
is broken

it can be replaced

needle, cork, shallow dish
is all it takes

More difficult
is learning

the compass is broken

That part takes decades
of wandering in the desert

information

events

3

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY PRESENTS: STILL I RISE

JMU University Chorus Soprano/Alto Ensemble

James Madison University Concert Hall - Harrisonburg, VA

8:00 pm

The James Madison University UCSA and conductor Dr. Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy perform my work Broken as part of their March concert program.

20

YOUNG NEW YORKERS CHORUS PRESENTS: ALL THE SMALL THINGS

Young New Yorkers' Chorus & Alex Canovas

TBD

7:30 pm

Alex Canovas and the Young New Yorkers' Chorus perform by work Broken as part of their Spring Treble Ensemble concert. More information here.

16

GVSU

Anima Ensemble

Grand Valley State University

12:00 pm

Grand Valley State University Anima choir performs my work Broken as part of their Spring 2024 concert.

24

2024 WSMA HIGH SCHOOL STATE HONORS MUSIC PROJECT

Wisconsin All-State Treble Honors Choir - Mary Hopper, conductor

Overture Center - Madison, WI

8:00 pm

Mary Hopper and the Wisconsin All-State Treble Honors Choir perform my work Broken as part of the 2024 WSMA High School State Honors Music Project.

27

JESSA PERFORMS "THE SUN NEVER SAYS"

JESSA - Jane Edwards, conductor

St. Mary's Cathedral - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

7:00 pm

Jane Edwards and JESSA perform my work Broken as part of their September concert "The Sun Never Says." Incidentally, this performance in Tasmania, Australia will be the furthest south my music has ever been heard on Earth!


audio

Broken

Miami University Choraliers

William Bausano, conductor; Cloie Dobias, piano
World premiere recording


videos

Broken

Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Mary Hopper, director
Family Weekend Choral Showcase Concert
Recorded November 9, 2018 at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music - Wheaton, IL


performances

may 09, 2018 (premiere)

Miami University Choraliers
William Bausano, conductor
Hall Auditorium - Miami University - Miami, OH

november 09, 2018

Family Weekend Concert
Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Mary Hopper, conductor
College Church - Wheaton, IL

march 13, 2019

UC Choruses Spring Showcase
UC Women's Chorus
Molly Getsinger, conductor
Corbett Auditorium - CCM - Cincinnati, OH

april 05, 2019

Spring Concert
Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Mary Hopper, conductor
College Church - Wheaton, IL

october 04, 2019

IU Choral Collage
Voces Caelestes
Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Auer Concert Hall - IU Jacobs School of Music - Bloomington, IN

may 01, 2020 (Cancelled due to coronavirus)

University of Toledo Rocket Choristers
Brad Pierson, conductor
Doermann Theater - University of Toledo - Toledo, OH

march 03, 2023

James Madison University Chorus: Soprano/Alto Ensemble * Dr. Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy, director * Linlin Uta, collaborative pianist


scores


recordings

Home in Me
Mirabai Ensemble & Sandra Snow
Released February 3, 2023
Home in Me album cover Mirabai Ensemble & Sandra Snow, artistic director, released this new album "Home in Me" which includes my work *Broken* with poetry by Megan Levad.

commission and dedication

Commissioned by the Miami University Choraliers, William Bausano, conductor, and supported, in part, by Patty Morrison, Class of 1980 and Choralier member, 1978-1980


published


program note

Broken is simple and repetitive music. My use of repetition is deliberate, as these cyclic patterns of behavior and anxiety are the manifestation of our brokenness. Megan Levad’s poem “When a compass is broken” captures this isolation perfectly. Her words resonate deeply with me, as I hope they will also with those who sing and hear them. Once we recognize our cycles, our awareness expands, and we begin the necessary step of breaking our patterns and being reborn anew.

This music is humbly dedicated to my dear friend William Bausano and the Miami University Choraliers.

-- Dominick DiOrio
December 2017


text

"When a compass is broken"
​by Megan Levad
from What Have I to Say to You (2017)      

 

When a compass
is broken

it can be replaced

needle, cork, shallow dish
is all it takes

More difficult
is learning

the compass is broken

That part takes decades
of wandering in the desert


dominick smiling and looking out