19-26 October 2009 - ERIC ERICSON AWARD
Dominick DiOrio competes as one of twelve young choral conductors in the world for the prestigious Eric Ericson Award.

Participating choirs include: Allmänna Sången, Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala, Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, St. Jacobs Chamber Choir, and the Swedish Radio Choir.

*Final Concert on Sunday 25 October at 3pm in Stockholm.*

Stockholm and Uppsala, SWEDEN - Various Locations and Times

• Augustinas - Hymn to St. Martin
• Bach - Der Geist hilft
• Brahms - Warum ist das Licht gegeben
• Bäck - Natten är framskriden
• Edlund - Elegi
• Hansson - Salve regina
• Lidholm - De profundis
• Martin - Messe pour double choeur (Sanctus)
• Martinon - Trois chansons
• Mendelssohn - Warum toben die Heiden
• Monteverdi - Baci soavi e cari
• Mäntyjärvi - Psalm
• Nørgård - Wie ein Kind
• Orbán - Cor mundum
• Ostrzyga - Iuppiter
• Pizzetti - Due composizioni corali
• Poulenc - from Sept chansons (I, III, VI)
• Rautavaara - Die erste Elegi
• Reger - Acht geistliche Gesänge (Op. 138)
• Rehnqvist - Commissioned Work*
• Sandström, Jan - Biegga luohte (short version)
• Sandström, Sven-David - Fürchte dich nicht
• Takemitsu - from Wind Horse
• Waldenby - Memento Creatoris tui
• Werle - ...trees
• Wikander - Förvårskväll
  

29 October 2009 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music
FALL CHOIR AND STRING ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Dominick DiOrio leads the LSC-M Concert Choir and Chamber Singers in performances of Madrigals, Classical Song, Broadway, Popular Song, Jazz, and more!  Admission free.
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm 

• English Madrigals by Dowland and Morley
• Barber - Sure On This Shining Night
• Verdi - "Va, pensiero" from Nabucco
• Bernstein - "Tonight" from Westside Story
• Songs by Billy Joel and U2
• Plus Jazz and Gospel hits!
  

4 December 2009 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music Presents
ANNUAL HOLIDAY CHOIR CONCERT
Bring the family for this annual LSC-M tradition!  The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers perform holiday masterworks with orchestra and a cappella classics.  A sing-along portion of holiday favorites will also be part of the fun! Price of admission goes to benefit a local charity.  
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm

• Britten - A Ceremony of Carols
• Mendelssohn - "There Shall A Star" from Christus
• Beethoven - Elegischer Gesang
  
• Leontovich - Carol of the Bells
• DiOrio - I give you a new commandment
• Bach - "Dona nobis pacem" from Mass in B minor

14-17 January 2010 - CHORUS AMERICA
NATIONAL CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS
Dominick participates as a Conducting Fellow in this annual conducting opportunity.  Robert Sund and Marguerite Brooks are head podium coaches and clinicians with David Hayes, Allen Hightower, Hans Graf, and others participating.  Robert Simpson's Houston Chamber Choir is the host chorus.  Public masterclass on Sunday, January 17th.
Christ Church Cathedral/Latham Hall - Houston, TX - Various Times

• Theofanidis - God picks up the reed-flute world and blows
• Hahn - Rondo Lapponico
  
• Piazzolla, arr. Zadoff - La Muerte del Angel

23 February 2010 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music
MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS
Join the LSC-M Concert Choir and Chamber Singers as they sing some of the most beloved melodies and arrangements of American choral music from both continents.  
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm

• Spirituals of Moses Hogan
• Arrangements by Alice Parker
• Hatfield - La Lluvia
• Hatfield - Son de camaguey
• Galián - Salseo
• Ramirez - Missa Criolla (Kyrie / Gloria / Agnus Dei)

25-26 February 2010 - ACDA SW Regional Convention
Dominick presents his doctoral research on embedded tonality in the music of Krzysztof Penderecki during an ACDA Research Poster Session.  
Colorado Convention Center - Denver, CO - 9:15-10:15am

11-13 March 2010 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music
CHAMBER SINGERS CHOIR TOUR to NEW ORLEANS, LA
"Music of the Americas" program, as February 23rd.


29 April 2010 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music Presents
CONCERT CHOIR AND CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERT
Join the LSC-M Concert Choir and Chamber Singers as they perform a monumental work of the choral tradition Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs.  Guest Faculty artists Michael Walsh,  baritone and Earl Holt, piano, will perform.  With the String Ensemble.    
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm

• Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs
• Brahms - Der Abend
• Brahms - O Schöne Nacht
• Thompson - The Road Not Taken
• Thompson - Alleluia
• DiOrio - Say On, Sayers!
  

7 May 2010 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music Presents
HENRY PURCELL's DIDO AND AENEAS - OPERA GALA
The LSC-M Chamber Singers perform a real treat with this semi-staged production of the English composer's masterwork.  Performance with period instruments and guest vocal artists from the surrounding community.
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm

• Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
  

30 June 2009 - Berkshire Choral Festival Montreal
FACULTY RECITAL
Mezzo-soprano, Mary Gerbi, sang the premiere of Dominick DiOrio's "From Blossoms" for an audience of excited choristers attending the BCF week.  The work is based on a poem of Li Young Lee and is set for tenor and guitar, countertenor and harpsichord, and mezzo-soprano and piano.  Mitchell Vines performed on piano.

• DiOrio - From Blossoms *

12 November 2009 - IC Trombone Troupe FALL CONCERT
The Ithaca College Trombone Troupe premieres their new commissioned arrangement of Anthem as well as other works.  Conducted by Chuck De Palo.
Ford Hall - Ithaca College - Ithaca, NY - 8:15pm

• DiOrio - Anthem *

4 December 2009 - LSC-M HOLIDAY CHOIR CONCERT
Performed as part of the Lone Star College-Montgomery Music Department's Annual Holiday Choir Concert.
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm

• DiOrio - I give you a new commandment

21 January 2010 - Performance at OMEA Conference
The Bixby High School Women's Chorus premiered "all which isn't singing is mere talking" at the annual Oklahoma Music Educator's Association Conference Concert.  Connie Coleman, director.
Trinity Episcopal Church - Tulsa, OK - 7:15pm

• DiOrio - all which isn't singing is mere talking *

6 March 2010 - SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH
CANTATE CHAMBER SINGERS 25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Gisèle Becker and the Cantate Chamber Singers celebrate their 25th season with a concert that features the past winners of the CCS Young Composers' Contest, as well as works by the Composers-In-Residence.
St. John's Norwood - Chevy Chase, MD - Time TBA

• DiOrio - Cantate Domino

29 April 2010 - Lone Star College-Montgomery Music Presents
CONCERT CHOIR AND CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERT
Performed as part of the LSC-M choirs Spring Concert.    
Mainstage Theater (Building D) - LSC-M - Conroe, TX - 7:30pm

• DiOrio - Say On, Sayers!

8 May 2010 - New Music Recital
Christopher Aaron Smith premieres the tenor version of "From Blossoms" as part of a recital of music by a consortium of living composers.  (Address: 35 Bowdoin St.)  
The Church of Saint John the Evangelist - Boston, MA - 7:00pm

• DiOrio - From Blossoms *

6 June 2010 - 6th Annual Commonwealth Youthchoirs Gala
Featuring Pennsylvania Girlchoir and Keystone State Boychoir
Dominick DiOrio is the commissioned composer for the 6th annual Commonwealth Youthchoirs Gala, composing a work to be performed by the combined choirs of the PGC and KSB.  The work is based on a poem of W. B. Yeats and is set for two choirs, piano, flute, and percussion.
Kimmel Center - Philadelphia, PA   

• DiOrio - The Cap and Bells *

12-13 June 2010 - Rhinebeck Choral Club Spring Concert
The Rhinebeck Choral Club and Charles Kelley, artistic director, have commissioned Dominick to write a new work for SATB, piano, and cello, on the text of Langston Hughes' "Freedom's Plow."  Two performances in mid-May.
Saturday 8pm; Repeat Sunday 3pm - Poughkeepsie, NY

• DiOrio - Freedom's Plow *