David Hurwitz

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...

Composer Dominick DiOrio has been call a forward-thinking young composer, ready to tackle anything and this exciting piece definitely falls under anything. Written for the virtuosic Houston Chamber Ch...

This is a bold reimagining of Hildegard's chant, both tune and text. Actively quoting the source material, DiOrio's setting takes Hildegard's music as a launching point from which to imagine new sonic...

This setting of the poignant and evocative Christina Rossetti poem Dream Land paints dark and brooding images of shadows, stars, and sunless rivers. The center point of the poem is the sad singing of...

This is the third work by DiOrio for chorus and marimba. Where A Dome of Many Coloured Glass (50498607) explores the virtuosic capabilities of this combination and Alleluia (50498734) is a work of ext...

This setting of the traditional folk hymn would work well for church choirs and high school choirs and above. The piano part echoes its expressive intensity and sense of hope and expectation. Nice, ac...

A gorgeous and etherial poem by Sara Teasdale has been set here by composer Dominick DiOrio. Rhythmic passages allow for joyful abandon and vocal fervor, while sustained sections offer contrast. Exper...

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...

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...

Using the image of barley bending in the breezes to represent overcoming struggle and adversity, poet Sara Teasdale has created a pastoral and optimistic poem. This move from pain to joy is echoed in...

Setting an anonymous poem, the message is beautiful and relevant. Music truly is a magical art. It has the power to move and transform us. It gives deeper meaning to the important milestones of our li...

Setting an anonymous poem, the message is beautiful and relevant. Music truly is a magical art. It has the power to move and transform us. It gives deeper meaning to the important milestones of our li...

Honoring the humanitarian spirit of Dr. Richard Gieser, this is a work about the difference one can make by caring for those in need, and about the divinity inherent in every human. Musically, this ex...

Honoring the humanitarian spirit of Dr. Richard Gieser, this is a work about the difference one can make by caring for those in need, and about the divinity inherent in every human. Musically, this ex...

With a text adapted from the Bible, the composer has crafted a universal statement of peace. The oboe obbligato soars over this beautiful text while the choral writing is homophonic and establishes a...

With a text adapted from the Bible, the composer has crafted a universal statement of peace. The oboe obbligato soars over this beautiful text while the choral writing is homophonic and establishes a...

Dominick DiOrio has chosen the vivid and striking poetry of Amy Lowell for this powerful work. Lowell's poetry explores the awakening of one's passions by the arrival of a before-absent lover. DiOrio...

This music is restless and unbridled, like a child who fusses and pouts when not wanting to be restrained. And it is optimistic like a child is naïve, until the final warning words of the work.

This music is restless and unbridled, like a child who fusses and pouts when not wanting to be restrained. And it is optimistic like a child is naïve, until the final warning words of the work.

This setting of the poignant and evocative Christina Rossetti poem Dream Land paints dark and brooding images of shadows, stars, and sunless rivers. The center point of the poem is the sad singing of...

Capturing both the wonder and the joy and optimism of winter. Words and music of possibility and energy of life in motion. Unlike many of Sara Teasdale's poems which struggle with depression, here she...

This is a bold reimagining of Hildegard's chant, both tune and text. Actively quoting the source material, DiOrio's setting takes Hildegard's music as a launching point from which to imagine new sonic...