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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
