Dominick DiOrio

First-Prize Winner of the 2012 Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition.

This musical setting of the famous Mary Elizabeth Frye poem Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep begins very placidly, and takes the refrain of I am as a mantra for existence. The use of a dramatic sopra...

This musical setting of the famous Mary Elizabeth Frye poem Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep begins very placidly, and takes the refrain of I am as a mantra for existence. The use of a dramatic sopra...

This is a setting of an Irish Blessing but no THE Irish Blessing. This musical tapestry is one of unadorned a cappella mixed chorus, using soft dissonances and free-flowing counterpoint. Together in s...

This is the first new composition in the exciting new series curated by American conductor and composer, Rollo Dilworth. With a focus on literature for upper High School, Honors Choirs and early colle...

This is the first new composition in the exciting new series curated by American conductor and composer, Rollo Dilworth. With a focus on literature for upper High School, Honors Choirs and early colle...

This jaunty little work on a text from William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, one of his earliest comedies. The tongue-in-cheek text talks of married life and the woe that comes from being unable...

This jaunty little work on a text from William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, one of his earliest comedies. The tongue-in-cheek text talks of married life and the woe that comes from being unable...

Commissioned by Earl Rivers and the CCM Chamber Choir with a text chosen to celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Composer DiOrio has chosen Bass Clarinet, Violin and Vibraph...

Commissioned by Earl Rivers and the CCM Chamber Choir with a text chosen to celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Composer DiOrio has chosen Bass Clarinet, Violin and Vibraph...

For SATB unaccompanied - DiOrio sets a biblical text appropriate for Holy Week and Easter in a fresh, flowing harmonic style. This piece works well in concert settings and in church services.

The text that will be celebrated in 2025 is central to most mass compositions. It was first published at the Council of Nicaea in 325 - 1700 years ago. The final form of the Nicene Creed is the only c...

The text that will be celebrated in 2025 is central to most mass compositions. It was first published at the Council of Nicaea in 325 - 1700 years ago. The final form of the Nicene Creed is the only c...

Here is music that is bright and partnered. The clarinet and viola weave opening lines from the bottom of their ranges skyward, while the piano has a simple repetitive walking motive. The chorus walks...

Using the magnificent text of Sara Teasdale, this musical setting depicts the charms, joys, and excitement of the everyday moments we encounter in our lives. The music is energetic and spirited and pe...

Using the magnificent text of Sara Teasdale, this musical setting depicts the charms, joys, and excitement of the everyday moments we encounter in our lives. The music is energetic and spirited and pe...

Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the Cincinnati Children's Choir, We Will Do Miracles is a fun, inspirational, and boisterous tune for treble voices. The text is adapted from Walt Whitman's So...

Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the Cincinnati Children's Choir, We Will Do Miracles is a fun, inspirational, and boisterous tune for treble voices. The text is adapted from Walt Whitman's So...

Alternating between quiet and fervent, this music struggles to give form to memories that exist no longer as sharp images but as blurry clouds. With a piano part that never quite settles as it reaches...

Alternating between quiet and fervent, this music struggles to give form to memories that exist no longer as sharp images but as blurry clouds. With a piano part that never quite settles as it reaches...

This is a rousing anthem about the power of each person to make positive change with our actions: even the smallest but most committed of our convictions can lead to a better world, and it starts with...

This is a rousing anthem about the power of each person to make positive change with our actions: even the smallest but most committed of our convictions can lead to a better world, and it starts with...