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Full Biography Conductor and composer Dominick DiOrio(b. 1984) is currently a candidate for the Master of Musical Arts (MMA) degree at Yale University and is enrolled in the choral conducting program through the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), where he studies with professors Marguerite L. Brooks and Simon Carrington. At Yale, Dominick is Director of the Chapel Choir at the University Church, Co-Director of the Chapel Choir at Yale Divinity School, Assistant Conductor and Ensemble Manager of the Yale Camerata, and Co-Conductor of the Yale Recital Chorus. He has served as Conductor and Accompanist Apprentice at the Berkshire Choral Festival in Sheffield 2007 and Vancouver 2008, as a Conducting Fellow at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2006 and Choral Fellow in 2008, as a Fellow at the Conductors Institute at Bard College in 2008, and as a Conductor at the First Transient Glory Choral Symposium and Chamber Music Festival in 2005. He has participated in conducting master classes with Grant Gershon, Stephen Layton, Kathy Saltzman Romey, and Helmuth Rilling. In 2007, Dominick conducted the Yale Collegium Players on a Lecture-Recital Series given by Helmuth Rilling and the Yale Schola Cantorum featuring the music of J.S. Bach Dominick's musical interests extend into the area of research, as he recently prepared a new critical edition of Buxtehude's sacred cantata Jesu dulcis memoria(BuxWV56 for 2 sopranos, 2 violins, viola da gamba, and continuo) from the surviving manuscripts in consultation with renowned historian Kerala Snyder. Recent awards include the Hugh Giles Prize in 2007, given to the student who has most clearly demonstrated interest, perseverance, and achievement during the first year of study, and a Graduate Fellowship from the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in 2006-2007. Dominick has also received the Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Yale University and the Bachelor of Music in Composition summa cum laude from the Ithaca College School of Music in 2006. While at Ithaca College, Dominick won many of their top prizes including the Theodore Presser Scholarship, the Dean's Award for highest GPA in the graduating class, and the Campus Life Award for exceptional service and contribution to the College community. Dominick studied conducting there with Dr. Janet Galván, which led to his appearance as a finalist in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Undergraduate Conducting Compeition in Los Angeles in 2005. At that time, he also served as Assistant Conductor and Dana Intern with the Ithaca Children's Choir and was Founder and Conductor of the Ithaca College Recital Chorus, which performed in two recitals under his direction. As a composer, Dominick
has been the recipient of many recent awards including the 2007 Allen
E. Ostrander International Trombone Composition Prize and the 2006
Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Prize given by ACDA for
his work The Soul's
Passing.
This piece was premiered at the 2007
ACDA National Convention in Miami by the Florida State University
Singers under the direction of Dr. Kevin Fenton. He has received
recent commissions for new choral music from the Yale Institute of
Sacred Music and the University Church at Yale. His primary teachers of composition include Dr.
Dana Wilson and Dr. Gregory Woodward. A selection of his choral works are published with Lorenz (Roger Dean), including pieces in the Janet Galván Roots and Wings Treble Choral Series and the Janet Galván Women's Choral Series. Please visit www.dominickdiorio.com for more information. Short Biography Conductor and composer Dominick DiOrio (b. 1984) is currently a candidate for the Master of Musical Arts (MMA) degree at Yale University and is enrolled in the choral conducting program through the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), where he studies with professors Marguerite L. Brooks and Simon Carrington. At Yale, Dominick is Director of the Chapel Choir at the University Church, Co-Director of the Chapel Choir at Yale Divinity School, Assistant Conductor and Ensemble Manager of the Yale Camerata, and Co-Conductor of the Yale Recital Chorus. Dominick has also received the Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Yale University and a Bachelor of Music in Composition summa cum laude from the Ithaca College School of Music. While at Ithaca, he studied conducting with Dr. Janet Galván, which led to his appearance as a finalist in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Undergraduate Conducting Compeition in Los Angeles in 2005. At that time, he also served as Assistant Conductor and Dana Intern with the Ithaca Children's Choir and was Founder and Conductor of the Ithaca College Recital Chorus. As a composer, Dominick has been the recipient of many recent awards including the 2007 Allen E. Ostrander International Trombone Composition Prize and the 2006 Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Prize given by ACDA for his work The Soul's Passing, which was premiered at the 2007 ACDA National Convention in Miami by the Florida State University Singers under the direction of Dr. Kevin Fenton. A selection of his choral works are published with Lorenz (Roger Dean Publishing Company). Please visit www.dominickdiorio.com for more information. |
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