Recognized with The American Prizes in both Choral Composition (2014) and Choral Performance (2019, with NOTUS), Dominick DiOrio is an 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.

DiOrio also serves as the fourteenth artistic director and conductor of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, where he regularly prepares the chorus to sing with The Philadelphia Orchestra, including a "near ideal" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) performance of Carmina burana in March 2024 with conductor Fabio Luisi. DiOrio’s combined role as a composer-conductor has led to many unique opportunities and collaborations with some of the most important artists and icons of our time, including novelist Richard Powers, the Right Reverend Bishop Gene Robinson, and actor William Shatner.

DiOrio’s original music has been hailed for its 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, as well as internationally.

He composes for musicians of all ages and experiences and has completed over 70 commissions in the last decade. Some recent commissioning partners include the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony, the Children’s Chorus of Washington, the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble & Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, The Choral Arts Society of Washington, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, and many academic institutions.

DiOrio is deeply committed to strengthening the profession by empowering others, and he recently completed a four-year term as president and president-elect of the National Collegiate Choral Organization (2018-22), for which he was honored with NCCO's inaugural Distinguished Service Award. DiOrio has also served as chair of ACDA’s Composition Initiatives Standing Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors for Chorus America. He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts from the Yale School of Music, as well as the M.M.A. and M.M. in Conducting from Yale and the B.M. in Composition summa cum laude from Ithaca College.

NOTUS Roster

The Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble

Dominick DiOrio, Director

Katrina Keat & Daniel Myeongjun Kim, assistant conductors

Steven Naylor, rehearsal pianist

Sopranos

Julianna Banfe B.M. Voice

Lida Bourhill M.M. Choral Conducting

Jisoo Choi M.M. Voice

Averi Corba B.M. Voice
 Maria Cusick B.M. Organ

Clara Dahmer M.M. Voice

Alicia Hotes B.M. Composition

Erica Skinner M.M. Voice

Niki Simerly M.M. Music Scoring for Visual Media

Marlena Wagschal M.M. Voice

Mezzo-Sopranos & Altos

Anna Ambartsumian M.M. Voice

Nicole Barbeau M.M. Voice

Gabriel Fanelli D.M. Choral Conducting

Jamey Guzman M.M. Composition & Music Scoring

Katrina Keat D.M. Choral Conducting

Harper Knopp B.S.O.F. Voice & Political Science

Angelina Lawton B.M. Composition

Lauren Smedberg M.M. Voice

Mahima Vinay B.S.O.F. Composition & Statistics

Brittany Weinstock P.D. Voice

Jiayu Wu M.M. Composition

Tenors

Jeremiah Angel M.M. Voice

Courage Barda B.M. Composition & Historical Performance

Ryan Block D.M. Choral Conducting

Elijah Culp M.M. Composition

Alejandro De Santana Albornoz M.M. Composition

AJ Dilang B.M. Composition

Michael Dixon M.M. Composition

Clare Marie Hopp M.M. Organ & Sacred Music

Alexander Knott B.M. Composition

Riley Palmer M.M. Organ

Joseph Parr M.M. Organ & Sacred Music

Baritones & Basses

Robert Bolyard M.M. Choral Conducting

Elijah Buerk M.M. Organ

Chris Chiarotti M.M. Composition

Malcolm Doaks B.M. Composition

Zack Ferns M.M. Music Theory

William Hawkins M.M. Composition

Daniel Myeongjun Kim D.M. Choral Conducting

Jacob Lisiewski M.M. Composition

Thejas Mirle B.M. Composition

Steven Naylor M.M. Composition

Preston Rogers M.M. Voice

Coda Scheuer B.M. Composition

Patrick Tervo B.M. Voice

Evan Tiapula M.M. Voice

ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

Katrina Keat is in her second year as a Doctor of Music student in choral conducting. Originally from South Carolina, Keat obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music (voice) from Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, and her Master of Sacred Music from the University of Notre Dame (choral conducting) in South Bend, IN. Keat has worked primarily as a church musician, specializing in reintroducing large choral works to their original liturgical contexts. Numbered among these works are Requiem, Op. 9 by Maurice Duruflé, Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré, Missa brevis in G Major, K 49 and Missa brevis in D minor, K 65 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Mass for Five Voices by William Byrd. In addition to her studies at the Jacob’s School, Keat is the Director of Music and Liturgy at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Indianapolis, IN. Keat enjoys working with her volunteer choirs and collaborating with her Jacob’s School colleagues both at Holy Rosary and at IU.

Daniel Myeongjun Kim is a conductor, organist, and columnist active in Korea and the United States. He has been recognized internationally as one of four Conducting Fellows of the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) and is the winner of the 2020 Korean Next-Generation Choral Conducting Competition. As music director of the Seoul Youth Choir and Vocal Ensemble Makers, and formerly associate conductor of the Yeon-Eum Children’s Choir, he has collaborated with contemporary Korean composers and led performances at major venues including the National Theater of Korea and KBS Hall. In the United States, he has served as associate conductor of the Grammy Award-winning Singing Hoosiers, performing at the 2024 ACDA National Conference, and assisted in the world premiere of the opera Kavalier and Clay in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. A native of Korea, Kim studied Church Music and Communication at Yonsei University, earned his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at Indiana University, and he is now pursuing his Doctoral degree there.