dominickdiorio
conductor composer
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Young Today

Choral Music

chorus with piano

work detail

instrumentation: SSAA and piano

completion date: december 2023

duration: 4 minutes

texts: On a poem by Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867)

events

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YOUNG NAPERVILLE SINGERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPRING CONCERT

Young Naperville Singers - Angie Johnson, artistic director

Wentz Concert Hall - Naperville, IL

2:30 pm

Angie Johnson and the Young Naperville Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary with a Spring Concert that features my new commissioned work, Young Today, honoring the memory of Alexandra Grace "Ally" Piepho. More information here.

12

YOUNG NAPERVILLE SINGERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPRING CONCERT

Young Naperville Singers - Angie Johnson, artistic director

Wentz Concert Hall - Naperville, IL

6:00 pm

Angie Johnson and the Young Naperville Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary with a Spring Concert that features my new commissioned work, Young Today, honoring the memory of Alexandra Grace "Ally" Piepho. More information here.

audio

Young Today

Young Naperville Singers Angie Johnson, artistic director; Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor

commission and dedication

Commissioned by the Young Naperville Singers and their artistic director Angie Johnson in honor of Alexandra Grace “Ally” Piepho and her courageous spirit.

text

A Song By Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867)

The world is young today: Forget the gods are old, Forget the years of gold When all the months were May.

A little flower of Love Is ours, without a root, Without the end of fruit, Yet ― take the scent thereof.

There may be hope above, There may be rest beneath; We see them not, but Death Is palpable ― and Love.

program note

Young Today is commissioned by the Young Naperville Singers and their artistic director Angie Johnson in honor of Alexandra Grace “Ally” Piepho and her courageous spirit. The Piepho Family provided generous support to make this commission possible. In choosing a text for this work, I relied on a poem by Digby Mackworth Dolben, himself a poet who was taken from this world far too soon. I have chosen to create a musical world for this text that is resilient, strong, and full of energy. In so doing, I hoped to capture Ally’s spirit in song.

  • Dominick DiOrio, December 2023

information

events

12

YOUNG NAPERVILLE SINGERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPRING CONCERT

Young Naperville Singers - Angie Johnson, artistic director

Wentz Concert Hall - Naperville, IL

2:30 pm

Angie Johnson and the Young Naperville Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary with a Spring Concert that features my new commissioned work, Young Today, honoring the memory of Alexandra Grace "Ally" Piepho. More information here.

12

YOUNG NAPERVILLE SINGERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPRING CONCERT

Young Naperville Singers - Angie Johnson, artistic director

Wentz Concert Hall - Naperville, IL

6:00 pm

Angie Johnson and the Young Naperville Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary with a Spring Concert that features my new commissioned work, Young Today, honoring the memory of Alexandra Grace "Ally" Piepho. More information here.


audio

Young Today

Young Naperville Singers Angie Johnson, artistic director; Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor

commission and dedication

Commissioned by the Young Naperville Singers and their artistic director Angie Johnson in honor of Alexandra Grace “Ally” Piepho and her courageous spirit.


text

A Song By Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848-1867)

The world is young today: Forget the gods are old, Forget the years of gold When all the months were May.

A little flower of Love Is ours, without a root, Without the end of fruit, Yet ― take the scent thereof.

There may be hope above, There may be rest beneath; We see them not, but Death Is palpable ― and Love.


program note

Young Today is commissioned by the Young Naperville Singers and their artistic director Angie Johnson in honor of Alexandra Grace “Ally” Piepho and her courageous spirit. The Piepho Family provided generous support to make this commission possible. In choosing a text for this work, I relied on a poem by Digby Mackworth Dolben, himself a poet who was taken from this world far too soon. I have chosen to create a musical world for this text that is resilient, strong, and full of energy. In so doing, I hoped to capture Ally’s spirit in song.

  • Dominick DiOrio, December 2023

dominick smiling and looking out