dominickdiorio
conductor composer
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Say On, Sayers!

Choral Music

chorus with piano

work detail

instrumentation: SATB and piano

completion date: december 2005

duration: 3 1/2 minutes

texts: Walt Whitman’s "Carol of Words"

events

5

NY AREA ALL STATE CHOIR PERFORMANCE

NY Area All State Choir - John Cuk, cond.

White Plains HS - White Plains, NY

1:00 pm

The New York Area All State Choir in White Plains, NY gives a performance of my work Say On, Sayers! with John Cuk, conductor and pianist Irena Portenko.

performances

april 01, 2006 (premiere)

DiOrio Senior Composition Recital
Ithaca College Recital Choir
Ithaca College - Ford Hall - Ithaca, NY

may 19, 2007

Manchester Choral Society
Dan Perkins, conductor
South Church - Portsmouth, NH

may 20, 2007

Manchester Choral Society
Dan Perkins, conductor
Grace Church - Manchester, NH

october 22, 2010

Lone Star College-Montgomery Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Lone Star College-Montgomery - Conroe, TX

november 05, 2022

NY Area All State Choir - John Cuk, cond. & Irena Portenko, piano - White Plains High School - White Plains, NY

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publisher: Lorenz Corporation

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program note

Winner of the Manchester Choral Society’s 2007 American Masterpieces Choral Composition Contest, this piece sets the final stanza of Walt Whitman’s "Carol of Words." The musical setting complements the powerful and strong determination of the prose and is appropriate for all advanced levels of ensembles.

information

events

5

NY AREA ALL STATE CHOIR PERFORMANCE

NY Area All State Choir - John Cuk, cond.

White Plains HS - White Plains, NY

1:00 pm

The New York Area All State Choir in White Plains, NY gives a performance of my work Say On, Sayers! with John Cuk, conductor and pianist Irena Portenko.


performances

april 01, 2006 (premiere)

DiOrio Senior Composition Recital
Ithaca College Recital Choir
Ithaca College - Ford Hall - Ithaca, NY

may 19, 2007

Manchester Choral Society
Dan Perkins, conductor
South Church - Portsmouth, NH

may 20, 2007

Manchester Choral Society
Dan Perkins, conductor
Grace Church - Manchester, NH

october 22, 2010

Lone Star College-Montgomery Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
Dominick DiOrio, conductor
Lone Star College-Montgomery - Conroe, TX

november 05, 2022

NY Area All State Choir - John Cuk, cond. & Irena Portenko, piano - White Plains High School - White Plains, NY


published


program note

Winner of the Manchester Choral Society’s 2007 American Masterpieces Choral Composition Contest, this piece sets the final stanza of Walt Whitman’s "Carol of Words." The musical setting complements the powerful and strong determination of the prose and is appropriate for all advanced levels of ensembles.


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