Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world viaLIVE@jacobs!Repertoire Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (1977)David Conte: September Sun (2002)Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 (1942/66)James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993)About the Artists Recognized with The American Prizes in both Choral Composition (2014) and Choral Performance (2019, with NOTUS), Dominick DiOrio is an imaginative, enthusiastic, and energetic conductor and composer who has won widespread acclaim for his contributions to American music. He is professor of music and chair of the department in choral conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he joined the faculty in 2012, and where he serves as director of NOTUS, IU's storied contemporary vocal ensemble, which has been invited to perform at regional, national, and international choral conferences, and with which he has released three commercial albums to critical acclaim. DiOrio also serves as artistic director and conductor of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, which he regularly prepares to sing with The Philadelphia Orchestra. DiOrio's love for contemporary music is reflected in his conducted repertoire, including works by such path-breaking composers as James MacMillan, Steve Reich, and Krzysztof Penderecki. Guest conducting appearances frequently feature his original compositions, including with the Choral Arts Society of Washington (SOLARIS), Houston Chamber Choir (I Am), Choral Arts Initiative (All Is), and the Young Naperville Singers (Young Today). As a composer, DiOrio has been hailed for a keenly intelligent, evocative style, which shows "a tour de force of inventive thinking and unique colour" (Gramophone). His over 70 published works have appeared at major venues around the world, including the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. He composes for musicians of all ages and experiences and maintains an active writing schedule—completing over 70 commissions in the last decade. Recent commissioning partners include the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony, Children's Chorus of Washington, The Choral Arts Society of Washington, and "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. DiOrio earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the Yale School of Music, as well as M.M.A. and M.M. degrees in conducting from Yale and a B.M. in composition summa cum laude from Ithaca College.David Conte has received commissions from the San Francisco, Dayton, Oakland, and Stockton Symphonies, the Lee Trio, the Ives Quartet, Chanticleer, the American Choral Directors Association Raymond Brock Commission, the American Guild of Organists, Sonoma City Opera and the Gerbode Foundation for his opera America Tropical. Since 1985, he has been professor of composition and since 2014 chair of the Composition Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Conte is the composer of over 150 works published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company. A Fulbright Scholar in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, where he was one of her last students, a Ralph Vaughan Williams Fellow, and an Aspen Music Festival Conducting Fellow, he earned a D.M.A. from Cornell University, where he studied with Karel Husa and Steven Stucky. In 1982, Conte worked with Aaron Copland preparing a study of the composer's manuscript sketches. He has taught at Cornell, Colgate University, the European-American Musical Alliance in Paris, the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He cocomposed the score for the documentary Ballets Russes, shown at the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals, and he composed the score for the PBS American Masters' documentary Orozco: Man of Fire. Conte's opera The Gift of the Magi has received over 40 productions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Russia. In 2015, he was awarded the NATS Art Song Composition Award for his cycle American Death Ballads. In 2024, he was named Distinguished Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists. In 2025, two CD recordings of his work were released: Intimate Voices: Chamber Music of David Conte on the Pentatone label and a recording of his Sinfonietta with the Royal Philharmonic, recorded at Abbey Road Studios for the Orchid Classics label. His ballet based on Brokeback Mountain with choreographer Pontus Lidberg will premiere at the Guggenheim Theatre in New York in January. Next July, he will join the faculty of the Zodiac Academy near the Côte d'Azur, France. Meeting URL: