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Dominick DiOrio

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...

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The Promise That Tomorrow Holds Today (TTBB and Orchestra Full Score)

Name: The Promise That Tomorrow Holds Today (TTBB and Orchestra Full Score)
SKU: DD3-ThePromiseThatTomorrow-Orch
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Dominick DiOrio

An optimistic message for how to move forward with the support of one’s community and the determination of one’s spirit to persevere.

Choral

tb choir

large ensemble

Difficulty: 4

Duration: 5-10 min.

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Composer’s Notes

The Promise That Tomorrow Holds Today was commissioned by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and their artistic director Jacob Stensberg for their June 18, 2024 performance with the San Francisco Symphony. A second version for chamber ensemble was also commissioned for performance at GALA Festival Minneapolis on July 14, 2024. This work is humbly dedicated to my dear friend Jacob in celebration of the wonderful work he is doing in San Francisco. The text is my own, and it deals openly with feelings of anxiety, imposter syndrome, and hopelessness, while providing an optimistic message for how to move forward with the support of one’s community and the determination of one’s spirit to persevere.

-Dominick DiOrio

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VERSE 1 What do I do when the air is thin when my body’s tired and the night is cold? What do I do when the dark sets in when the day’s retired and my story’s told?

Oh, who do I hold?

VERSE 2 How do I live where self-interest reigns and each all-for-one leaves us all alone? How do I cope when I’m lost in love when the next best thing’s just another clone?

I need a stepping stone…

CHORUS I want to feel home when I’m homeless, to feel light in the darkness, to hear the sound of welcome on the way.

I want to feel hope when it’s hopeless, to feel joy in the promise, the promise that tomorrow holds today… the promise that tomorrow holds today.

VERSE 3 How do I live when I’m far from home in this fast-paced land chasing new unknowns? How do I cope when the room is silent when the night’s too quiet When ambition leaves my heart as cold as stone?

No more monotone… Take me home… Take me home.

CHORUS I want to feel home when I’m homeless, to feel light in the darkness, to hear the sound of welcome on the way.

I want to feel hope when it’s hopeless, to feel joy in the promise, the promise that tomorrow holds today… the promise that tomorrow holds today.

BRIDGE I want to feel red and green and blue in the gray… I want to feel an orange, pink, and purple bouquet… I want to feel a sound and sight sensation buffet… Not tomorrow… but today…

CHORUS I will feel home when I’m homeless, I’ll feel light in the darkness. I’ll let the hand of welcome make way.

And I’ll feel hope when it’s hopeless, I’ll feel joy in the promise, the promise that tomorrow holds today the promise that tomorrow holds …

CODA No more monotone. Home is here and everywhere I’ve grown. My future lives in everything I’ve sown. I know that everything will be okay… I promise that tomorrow holds today.

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