Dominick DiOrio

Dominic DiOrio
Dominic DiOrio
Born	1984
Genres	Classical music
Occupation(s)	Composer; Conductor; Professor;
Years active	2005–present
Associated acts	NOTUS
Website	http://www.dominickdiorio.com/

Dominick DiOrio (born 1984) is an American composer and conductor. He is an associate professor of choral conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and serves as the conductor of NOTUS, the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, the fourth person since its founding in 1980.

Career[edit]

DiOrio earned his BM in composition from Ithaca College and his MM and DMA in conducting from the Yale School of Music. His dissertation research on Krzysztof Penderecki’s St. Luke Passion was published in the Choral Scholar.^[1]

DiOrio has made notable contributions to choral music in the United States as an educator, a conductor, and, most significantly, a composer.^[2]

Educator[edit]

From 2009 to 2012, DiOrio served as the director of choral activities at Lone Star College-Montgomery. In 2012, he was appointed to the faculty at Indiana University. In 2014, Indiana University awarded DiOrio the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award.^[3]

Conductor[edit]

Since making his Carnegie Hall debut with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City in 2012,^[4] DiOrio has conducted performances with ensembles around the world including the Houston Chamber Choir and the American Bach Soloists. He has prepared choruses for conductors Valery Gergiev, Simon Carrington, Helmuth Rilling, and Krzysztof Penderecki, among others. During his tenure with NOTUS, they released their first commercial album.^[5] NOTUS was also selected to perform as one of the twenty-four choirs at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Auckland, New Zealand in July 2020.^[6]

Composer[edit]

DiOrio’s works have been performed at major venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Sydney Opera House.^{[citation needed]} Gramophone described his style as “a tour de force of inventive thinking and unique color.”^[7] In 2014, he won The American Prize in Composition, the comments reading, “His depth of vision, mastery of compositional technique and unique style, set him in a category by himself.”^[8] In March 2019, the United States Marine Band and the Choral Arts Society of Washington premiered his work Silent Moves the Symphony True.^[9] The Washington Post described the work as "rhapsodic" with "impassioned vocal lines."^[10]

His numerous works are published through Hal Leonard, Boosey & Hawkes, Oxford University Press, G. Schirmer, and Santa Barbara Music Publishing.

List of compositions[edit]

Chamber music[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Battery	2012	4 percussionists and flexatone
Passion Music	2008	4 violas da gamba
Connections	2007	trumpet, violin, and piano
L'Eau Changeante	2006	saxophone, trumpet, and piano
Remembering	2006	flugelhorn and piano
Dance!	2005	clarinet and piano
Opposing Forces	2003	2 marimbas
Duet	2003	2 clarinets

Choral music[edit]

A cappella[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Day of Fire and Sun	2018	SATB a cappella
When did we see you?	2017	SATB and soprano solo
Cuckoo, Cuckoo	2016	SATB a cappella
Down Deep	2016	SATB a cappella
We Dance!	2015	SSAATTBB a cappella
Verbum caro factum est	2015	TTBB a cappella
The Visible World	2014	SSAATTBB chorus a cappella
You Do Not Walk Alone	2014	SATB chorus a cappella (also TTBB)
O Virtus Sapientiae	2013	SATB (divisi) and three sopranos, a cappella
I Am	2013	SATB (divisi) a cappella and soprano solo
The Journey to Ithaca	2013	SSAATTBB a cappella
Ode to Purcell	2011	SATB and SATB solos quartet, a cappella
Absence	2011	SATB (divisi) a cappella
Chrysopylae	2011	SATB (divisi) a cappella
Woods in Winter	2010	SATB (divisi) a cappella
Sitio	2009	SSAATTBB a cappella
Do you know what I have done for you?	2007	SATB (divisi) a cappella
I give you a new commandment	2006	SATB (divisi) a cappella
Peace, I leave with you	2006	SATB a cappella
The Soul's Passing	2006	SATB (divisi) a cappella
all which isn't singing is mere talking	2006	SSA a cappella

With chamber ensemble[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Walking to the Sun	2017	SATB, clarinet, viola, crotales, and piano
Fantastic Shapes in Vivid Blue	2017	SATB and SSA choruses, string quartet, and piano
All Is	2016	SATB, mezzo-soprano solo, viola, and piano
Let us plant our gardens now	2016	TTBB, piano, and percussion
Ding, Dong, Bell	2015	SATB (divisi), tenor solo, bass clarinet, violin, and vibraphone
An Equal Humanity	2014	SATB, male narrator, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Leave My Heart Its Songs	2014	SSA chorus, 2 violins, viola, and piano
Freedom's Plow	2009	SATB, cello, piano, and narrator
The Cap and Bells	2009	SA, flute, percussion, and piano

With organ[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Already Here	2018	SATB, oboe, and organ
Be With Us Now	2018	SATB and organ (or orchestra)
Psalm 105	2017	SATB and organ
He Walks the Road	2016	SATB, organ, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, and timpani
Stravinsky Refracted	2015	SATB chorus, SATB solos, string quartet, organ, and 2 percussionists
At A Solemn Music	2008	SATB (divisi), organ, and chimes
There God Is	2008	SATB, organ, and violin

With piano[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
A Chain is Broken	2019	SATB, tenor, piano, optional violin
We Will Do Miracles	2018	SSAA (or SA, or SAB) and piano
The Red-Gold Darkness of Rain	2018	SATB and piano
I Can Change the World	2018	SATB and piano
Feeling Infinite	2018	TTBB and piano
Change My Sorrow Into Song	2017	SATB and piano
When I Was Eight	2017	SATB and piano
Broken	2017	SSAA, piano
if there is	2016	SSA or TBB and piano
I Tell The Story	2016	SATB and piano
An Irish Blessing	2014	SATB chorus and piano
Life Has Loveliness to Sell	2012	SA and piano
As Pants the Hart, (arr. Handel)	2007	SAB and piano
i carry your heart with me	2007	SSA and piano
Say On, Sayers!	2006	SATB and piano
Cantate Domino	2006	SSA and piano
Dona Nobis Pacem	2005	SA or TB and piano
My Shadow	2005	unison and piano

With solo instrument[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
I Give You Peace	2018	SATB and oboe
The Ghost's Story	2016	SATB and marimba
Awake Her Not	2014	SATB (divisi) and flute
Alleluia	2012	SATB (divisi) and marimba
A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass	2010	SATB (divisi), soprano, and marimba
Circled by the Clouds	2008	TB and chimes

Chorus and large ensemble[edit]

With chamber orchestra[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
A WORLD AGLOW	2017	SATB and SSA choruses and chamber orchestra
Chronos Suite on Themes of Purcell	2014	SATB, oboe, harpsichord, and string ensemble

With full orchestra[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
A Gaelic Blessing	2018	SATB and orchestra
HORIZON SYMPHONY	2014	SATB, STB solos, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp, and strings

With string orchestra[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Glory and Peace	2019	SATB, trumpet, piano, and string quintet (or orchestra)
We Reply	2018	SATB, piano, and string quintet (or orchestra)
SOLARIS	2017	SATB, soprano solo, cello solo, 3 percussion, and string orchestra

With wind symphony[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Silent Moves the Symphony True	2018	SATB, wind symphony
GATHERING	2017	SATB, soprano, baritone, and wind symphony
Mark This Day	2016	SATB, wind band

Mixed ensemble[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Anthem	2009	double trombone choir

Opera[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
The World Is One	2018	3 singers, 2 violins, and piano
The Little Blue One	2013	6 principal roles and flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion
Klytemnestra: the original subversive female	2011	soprano, narrator, viola, and piano
A Burden Far Beyond What Soul Can Cry	2005	Version 1: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and 4 marimbas Version 2: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and four-hand piano

Solo instrument[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Scherzo	2012	piano
A Portland Sketch	2011	piano
L'Homme Armé Variations	2010	piano
Tarantella	2009	cello
Five Vignettes	2004	trumpet

Voice[edit]

With ensemble[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Reassemble with Care	2018	soprano, alto sax, cello, harp, and percussion
"Stabat mater dolorosa..."	2007	SATB, countertenor, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, percussion, and viola da gamba
How solemn, as by one	2006	singing narrator (medium voice) and double trombone choir (4 tenors/1 bass per choir)
Prayers	2003	2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, cello, vibraphone and piano

With obbligato instrument[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Flames Will Grow	2013	mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, and piano
The Captured Goddess	2013	soprano, viola, and piano
En Paz	2012	baritone, bassoon, and piano
And the Barriers Had Vanished	2011	soprano and cello

With other accompanying instrument[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
Three Milton Sonnets	2009	soprano and harp
Rise Up, My Love	2009	medium voice and harp
From Blossoms	2006	countertenor and harpsichord (or tenor and guitar)

With piano[edit]

Title	Year	Ensemble
A Ghost Through the Winding Years	2013	baritone and piano
Songs of Youthful Love	2011	Version 1: medium voice and piano Version 2: high voice and piano
Five Blake Lyrics	2009	Version 1: mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano Version 2: baritone and piano Version 3: mezzo-soprano and piano
From Blossoms	2006	medium voice and piano

Recordings[edit]

NOTUS: Of Radiance and Refraction (Innova Recordings, 2018)

References[edit]

↑ DiOrio, Dominick (Spring 2013). "Embedded Tonality in Penderecki's St. Luke Passion" (PDF). The Choral Scholar. National Collegiate Choral Organization. 3 (1). Retrieved 2019-10-06.
↑ Copeland, Philip (July 1, 2015). "After Eric: New American Composers After 1980 (Part Two)". International Choral Bulletin. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
↑ "Indiana University Bloomington names Outstanding Junior Faculty". IU Bloomington Newsroom. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
↑ Tommasini, Anthony (February 17, 2012). "Fresh Music and Spice, Stirred Up With Batons: A Symposium for Young People's Chorus and New Conductors". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
↑ "Choral Featured Album: 'Of Radiance and Refraction'". Classical MPR. Minnesota Public Radio. September 21, 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
↑ "Choirs". World Symposium on Choral Music 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
↑ Vittes, Laurence (January 2016). "CD Review: 'Soft Blink of Amber Light'". Sounds of America. Gramophone. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
↑ "Winners of The American Prize in Composition, 2011-2014". The American Prize. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
↑ Ghadiali, Rachel (March 6, 2019). "Marine Band Gala Concert Celebrates Walt Whitman". Marines: The Official Website of the United States Marine Corps. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
↑ Downey, Charles T. (March 18, 2019). "In Washington's crowded choral scene, too much is just enough". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2019.

External links[edit]

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[1] DiOrio, Dominick (Spring 2013). "Embedded Tonality in Penderecki's St. Luke Passion" (PDF). The Choral Scholar. National Collegiate Choral Organization. 3 (1). Retrieved 2019-10-06.

[2] Copeland, Philip (July 1, 2015). "After Eric: New American Composers After 1980 (Part Two)". International Choral Bulletin. Retrieved September 20, 2019.

[3] "Indiana University Bloomington names Outstanding Junior Faculty". IU Bloomington Newsroom. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[4] Tommasini, Anthony (February 17, 2012). "Fresh Music and Spice, Stirred Up With Batons: A Symposium for Young People's Chorus and New Conductors". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-10-06.

[5] "Choral Featured Album: 'Of Radiance and Refraction'". Classical MPR. Minnesota Public Radio. September 21, 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-06.

[6] "Choirs". World Symposium on Choral Music 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[7] Vittes, Laurence (January 2016). "CD Review: 'Soft Blink of Amber Light'". Sounds of America. Gramophone. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[8] "Winners of The American Prize in Composition, 2011-2014". The American Prize. Retrieved July 9, 2019.

[9] Ghadiali, Rachel (March 6, 2019). "Marine Band Gala Concert Celebrates Walt Whitman". Marines: The Official Website of the United States Marine Corps. Retrieved July 9, 2019.

[10] Downey, Charles T. (March 18, 2019). "In Washington's crowded choral scene, too much is just enough". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2019.

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