Recent news

March 2012 – Love, thricewise was presented in a reading session at the Northwest Division conference of the American Choral Directors Association.  Alleluia was presented in a reading session at the ACDA Eastern Division conference.

February 2012 – Dona nobis pacem was featured on the MLK weekend broadcast (1/15, “In Sure and Certain Hope”) of Choral Mix, Kent Tritle’s show on New-York-City radio station WQXR.  Click here to hear the broadcast; Tritle’s announcement of Dona nobis pacem begins at approximately 48:33.

January 2012 – Love, thricewise, selected for publication in the NCCO Choral Music Series, is now available for purchase here.

Upcoming performances

Ensemble Companio (Joseph Gregorio, cond.) will give an encore performance of its debut program, Greetings and Farewells, at 4:30 P.M. on June 9, 2012 in Sage Chapel of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  The program includes works by Tallis, Poulenc, Schumann, Rheinberger, and others, as well as Gregorio’s The Maid of Culmore.

A Strange Sweetness will be performed by Soli Deo Gloria (Allen Simon, cond.) on their May 19-20, 2012 concerts in Palo Alto and Alameda, CA, respectively.

Music for Springtime will be performed by Quintsylvania Winds during the July 2012 conference of the International Double Reed Society.

Upcoming performances

Ensemble Companio (Joseph Gregorio, cond.) will give an encore performance of its debut program, Greetings and Farewells, at 4:30 P.M. on June 9, 2012 in Sage Chapel of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  The program includes works by Tallis, Poulenc, Schumann, Rheinberger, and others, as well as Gregorio’s The Maid of Culmore.

A Strange Sweetness will be performed by Soli Deo Gloria (Allen Simon, cond.) on their May 19-20, 2012 concerts in Palo Alto and Alameda, CA, respectively.

Music for Springtime will be performed by Quintsylvania Winds during the July 2012 conference of the International Double Reed Society.

Past performances

(grouped by composition, and arranged in chronological order by of date of composition)

Five Vignettes (2001) for piano solo
Performance in Ithaca, NY by Emily Green

Ah, vous dirai-je, maman (2001) arranged for SSAA chorus unaccompanied
Performance in Ithaca, NY by members of the Cornell University Chorus (Joseph Gregorio, cond.)

Berceuse d’Alsace (2001) arranged for SSAA chorus unaccompanied
Performance in Ithaca, NY by members of the Cornell University Chorus (Joseph Gregorio, cond.)

Roulez jeunes gens roulez (2001, published 2003 by Treble Clef Music Press) arranged for SSAA chorus, piano, and body percussion
Performances and television/radio broadcasts throughout the United States and abroad by the Cornell University Chorus – Scott Tucker, cond. | Women’s Voices Chorus – Mary Lycan, cond. | USC Oriana Women’s Choir – Daniel Roihl, cond. | Gettysburg College Women’s Choir – Sharon Davis Gratto, cond. | Concerto Della Donna – Iwan Edwards, cond. | Ensemble Vocal Senior De La Salle – Robert Filion, cond. | University of Iowa School of Music Women’s Chorale – Jacquelyn Zwiefel, cond. | New Mexico Music Educators’ Assoiation All-State Treble Choir – Sharon A. Hansen, cond.

Dona nobis pacem (2002, published 2005 by E. C. Schirmer) for TTBB chorus unaccompanied; arranged for SSATTBB chorus unaccompanied (also published 2005 by E. C. Schirmer)
Radio broadcasts and performances throughout the United States and abroad by the Cornell Univ. Glee Club – Scott Tucker, cond. | Washington Men’s Camerata – Frank Albinder, cond. | Yale Camerata – Marguerite Brooks, cond. | Chor Leoni – Diane Loomer, cond. | Sacramento State Univ. Men’s Chorus – Don Kendrick, cond. | Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus – Joseph J. Buches, cond. | Sonoma County Chamber Singers – Robert Hazelrigg, cond. | Rutgers Glee Club – Patrick Gardner, cond. | Denver Gay Men’s Chorus – Ben Riggs, cond. | Calvary Episcopal Church Choir (Pittsburgh, PA) – Alan Lewis, cond. | Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop (Tuscany, Italy) | Rooke Chapel Choir (Bucknell Univ.) – William Payn, cond. | Dakota Men’s Ensemble – Steven Grives, cond. | 2008 St. Olaf Christmas Festival – Christopher Aspaas, cond. | Boston Gay Men’s Chorus – Reuben Reynolds, cond. | UMKC Canticum Novum – Jeremy Mims, cond. | Penn State Glee Club – Christopher Kiver, cond. | International Orange Chorale – Zane Fiala, cond. | Augustana Choir – James Johnson, cond. | Millikin Men’s Choir – Ted Hesse, cond. | Seraphic Fire – Patrick Quigley, cond. | Battell Chapel Choir (Yale Univ.) – Christoph Schlechter, cond. | Univ. of Maryland Men’s Chorus – Stephen Holmes, cond. | Avon Old Farm School Riddlers – Bryan Zaros, cond. | Cantare! (Presbyterian College Men’s Choir) – Ron Davis, cond. | Bridgewater State University Chamber Singers – Steven Young, cond. | Canadian Men’s Chorus – Greg Rainville, cond. | New York Young Men Singing – Gene Peterson, cond | Vox Aurum – Ian Goldin, cond. | Heartland Men’s Chorus – Joseph P. Nadeau, cond. | West Chester University Men’s Chorus – David DeVenney, cond. | Riverside Choral Society – Patrick Gardner, cond. | Susquehanna Chorale – Linda Tedford, cond.

Chocolate Chip Cookies (2002) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performance in New Haven, CT by Yale Pro Musica – Marguerite Brooks, cond.

Querer es poder (2003) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in New Haven, CT (Yale Pro Musica – Marguerite Brooks, cond.) | Interlochen, MI (World Youth Honors Choir – Jeffrey Douma, cond.)

Alleluia (2004, publ. 2005 by Treble Clef Music Press) for SSAA chorus unaccompanied
Performances throughout the United States and abroad by the Cornell University Chorus – Scott Tucker, cond. | Finger Lakes Women’s Chorale – Doreen Alsen, cond. | Yale Camerata – Marguerite Brooks, cond. | Sonoma County Chamber Singers – Robert Hazelrigg, cond. | Voci di Sorelle – Ruth Moreland, cond. | Peninsula Women’s Chorus – Martin Benvenuto, cond. | Concerto Della Donna – Iwan Edwards, cond. | St. Bonaventure’s College Camerata – Maria Conkey, cond. | Albright Angels – Adlai Binger, cond.

Passage (2004) for chamber orchestra
Performance in San Francisco, CA by San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble – Nicole Paiement, cond.

Super montes (2005) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in Santa Rosa, CA (Sonoma County Chamber Singers – Robert Hazelrigg, cond.) and San Francisco, CA

Suite (2005) for viola solo
Performances in San Francisco, CA (Jodi Levitz, Charith Premawardhana, Wendy Clymer) | Italy (Jodi Levitz and Wendy Clymer) | Dallas, TX (Jen Tyler) | Gettysburg, PA (Mary Hammann)

Voices (2005) for voice and piano
Performances in San Francisco, CA by Rebecca Plack, soprano and Marilyn Swan, piano, and West Hartford, CT by Julie Gregorio, soprano and Victor Evans, piano

Requiem aeternam (2005) for orchestra and SATB chorus
Performance in Gettysburg, PA by Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and Gettysburg Schola Cantorum – Norman Nunamaker, cond.

Love me sweet (2005) for voice, violin, guitar and cello
Performance in Los Angeles, CA by Lika Miyake and the Pasadena Strings

A Christmas Diptych (2005, publ. E. C. Schirmer; formerly An Advent Diptych) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in New Haven, CT (Yale Camerata – Marguerite Brooks, cond.); Santa Rosa, CA (Sonoma County Chamber Singers – Robert Hazelrigg, cond.); and Canon Beach, OR (Choral Conductors’ Retreat Workshop Concert – Vicky Thomas, cond.); Walla Walla, WA (Whitman College Chamber Singers – Jeremy Mims, cond.)

Five Whitman Songs (2006) for voice and piano
Performances in Berkeley, CA (Debi Wong, mezzo-soprano; Elizabeth Ingber, piano) and of excerpts in San Francisco, CA (Zheng Cao, Joshana Erenberg, and Jenna Yokoyama, mezzo-sopranos; Rebecca Marques, Rebecca Plack, sopranos; Mack McCray, Marilyn Swan, Regina Schaffer, Timothy Bach, Amy Fang, pianists) | New York, NY (Julie Gregorio and Raphael Fusco) | West Hartford, CT (Julie Gregorio and Victor Evans)

Set me as a seal (2006, publ. 2007 by E. C. Schirmer) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in New York, NY (C4 – Joy Chia, cond.) | San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Conservatory Chorus – David Conte, cond.) | Claremont, CA (Claremont Chamber Choir – Charles Kamm, cond.) | Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State University Arts Chorale – Ellen Pool, cond.) | Milton, MA (Yale Alumni Chorus – Jeffrey Douma, cond.)

In the Presence of Redwoods (2006) for orchestra
Performance in San Francisco, CA by the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra – Andrew Mogrelia, cond.

Two Meditations (2007) for piano solo
Performances of excerpt (Out the window) in San Francisco, CA and Oakland, CA – Regina Schaffer | New York City, NY – James Bester, piano

Lament for a Wayward Nation (2007) for string orchestra
Performance in Gettysburg, PA by Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra – Norman Nunamaker, cond.

Talisman (2007; rev. 2009) for violoncello solo
Performances in Gettysburg, PA by Miranda Henne and San Francisco, CA by Emil Miland

Sudden Light (2007) for TTBB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in Ithaca, NY and throughout California (Cornell University Glee Club – Scott Tucker, cond.) and in New Brunswick, NJ (Rutgers University Glee Club – Patrick Gardner, cond.)

Reminiscences (2008) for guitar solo
Performances of excerpts in San Francisco and San Mateo, CA (Brian Stone); Eugene, OR (Oren Fader)

Exsultate Deo (2008) for 24-part (SATB x 6) chorus unaccompanied
Performances in CA, CT, and HI by the Yale Glee Club – Jeffrey Douma, cond.

Martes (2008) for SSAA chorus unaccompanied
Performances in Menlo Park, CA and Santa Clara, CA by the Peninsula Women’s Chorus – Martin Benvenuto, cond.

The Fullness of Peace (2008) for baritone and string quartet
Performances in San Jose, Palo Alto, Windsor, and San Francisco, CA by the Ives Quartet and baritones Eugene Brancoveanu and Austin Kness | radio broadcast on KRCB | Excerpts arr. for piano and baritone in Ithaca, NY (Tyler Herman, baritone; Emily Green, piano)

A Dedication (2009) for SA chorus and piano
Performances in Gettysburg, PA by the Gettysburg College Children’s Choir (Sharon Davis Gratto, cond.) and the 2011 Commencement Choir (Mount Holyoke College; Kimberly Dunn Adams, cond.) | Princeton Girlchoir Ensemble (Steve Kim, cond.)

Three Moods (2009) for trumpet and piano
Performance of excerpts in Eugene, OR at the 2009 Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium (Brian McWhorter, trumpet; Kathryn Christensen, piano) | San Francisco, CA (Tucker Jessup, trumpet; Regina Schaffer, piano) | Gettysburg, PA (Zachary Hartzell, trumpet; Timothy Braband, piano)

Love, thricewise (2009) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in Costa Mesa, CA (John Alexander Singers – Robert Istad, cond.) | Madison, WI (University of Wisconsin-Madison Concert Choir – Beverly Taylor, cond.) | Fullerton, CA (John Alexander Singers – John Alexander, cond.) | Western Michigan University Chorale (Kimberly Dunn Adams, cond.)

A Strange Sweetness (2011) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in Walla Walla, WA by the Whitman College Chamber Singers (Jeremy Mims, cond.)

Music for Springtime (2011) for woodwind quintet
Performance in West Chester, PA by Quintsylvania Winds

To Mary (2011) for baritone and piano
Performance in West Chester, PA by Brian Chu, baritone and Gregory Fiorentino, piano

Look back on time with kindly eyes (2011) for 12-part (SATB x 3) chorus unaccompanied
Performance in New York, NY by Choral Chameleon – Vince Peterson, cond.

O magnum mysterium (2011) for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performance in New York, NY by Choral Chameleon – Vince Peterson, cond.

The Maid of Culmore (2012) arranged for SATB chorus unaccompanied
Performances in New Canaan, CT and Bayonne, NJ by Ensemble Companio – Joseph Gregorio, cond.

Wine Songs (2012) for SATB chorus and harp
Performance in New York, NY by Choral Chameleon (Vince Peterson, cond.) and Michelle Gott, harp

Alleluia

LIVE (2010) | Concerto Della Donna (Iwan Edwards, cond.)

Dona nobis pacem (TTBB version)

When I Was a Young Man: More Classics for Men’s Chorus (2009) | Washington Men’s Camerata (Frank Albinder, cond.)

Vespers 2009 | Millikin University Men’s Choir (Ted Hesse, cond.)

My Spirit Sings of Wondrous Things (2008) | Choirs of St. Olaf College

Hear The Voice (2007) | Rutgers University Glee Club (Patrick Gardner, cond.)

Holiday Delights (2007) | Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus (Joseph J. Buches, cond.)

Pacem (2005) | Cornell University Glee Club (Scott Tucker, cond.)

Wine Songs, premiered by Choral Chameleon in March 2012, earned praise for Gregorio’s compositional voice in an examiner.com review by Seth Gilman.  Gilman writes, “Overall, the effect of this set was of an admirable compositional restraint and parsimony. What Mr. Gregorio had to say in conceit and material was said with specificity, brevity, and wit; nothing was obscured by the temptation of a lesser composer to satisfy too many perceived priorities or impulses.”

Look back on time with kindly eyes was praised by Lauren Alfano, writing for icareifyoulisten.com, as a “particularly exciting” piece on Choral Chameleon‘s November 2011 concert, Tempus.

Out the window (from Two Meditations) received a very nice review by Thomas Deneuville. Deneuville describes the piece as “a beautiful landscape in sfumato.”

Set me as a seal
Released in E.C. Schirmer’s Fall 2010 New Issue, Set me as a seal received three excellent reviews. It was described by Alan Lewis in the March 2011 issue of the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians as a “lovely setting of this time-honored wedding text.” It was also selected one of Creator Magazine’s “Select 20″ anthems of 2011, praised there as “simply put, gorgeous…”. The Winter 2010-11 issue of The Choral Room likewise hailed it as “the perfect cathedral anthem….Gregorio sets this popular text…with great effect.”

A Christmas Diptych, released in E.C. Schirmer’s Spring 2008 New Issue, was chosen as one of Creator Magazine’s 2009 “Select 20″ anthems.

Dona nobis pacem
Released in E.C. Schirmer’s Fall 2007 New Issue, Dona nobis pacem received four very favorable reviews:

• one by Gregory Hall in the journal of the Contemporary Record Society (full review reprinted here about halfway down the page):
“[...] Gregorio approaches his task with the intelligence and integrity of a pre-twentieth-century composer. His is largely instinctual music; while beautifully crafted, it has nothing of the contrived about it. Its consistency as well, in an era of eclecticism that touches all music, is most admirable. [...] His feeling for modal diatonic harmony is completely natural…and because consonance and dissonance are in many ways unified in this work, Gregorio points us graciously towards new realms of harmonic development.”

• one by Alan Lewis in the November 2007 issue of the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians:
“In a year when peace seems ever-more elusive, an ambitious setting of the three words, ‘Dona nobis pacem’ by the young composer Joseph Gregorio is particularly appealing. [...] Even in its mixed-voices version, the piece conjures up for me overtones of the Biebl Ave Maria; the harmony is lush, the lines elegant, the overarching shape (gradual growth from low and quiet to very high and very loud, then a brief dying-away) clear. [...]”

• one in the November 2008 issue of Creator Magazine, which chose Dona nobis pacem as one of its 2008 “Select 20″ anthems:
“What a great piece of choral music. [...] a wonderful addition to the repertoire. Well done. Highly recommended.”

• and a review in the Winter 2007-08 issue of The Choral Room.

Biography

A native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Joseph Gregorio (b. 1979) has studied composition with Steven Stucky, David Conte, and Richard Brodhead. Gregorio’s music has been broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today and WQXR’s Choral Mix, has garnered prizes in several competitions, and has been performed in the United States and abroad by numerous and renowned soloists and ensembles. Gregorio was named the 2011-2012 composer-in-residence of New York City ensemble Choral Chameleon, and the 2005-2006 composer-in-residence of the Sonoma County Chamber Singers. His choral music is published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and Treble Clef Music Press, and has been recorded by the choirs of the St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Concerto Della Donna, the Washington Men’s Camerata,  the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus, the Rutgers University Glee Club, and the Cornell University Glee Club.

Also active as a conductor, Gregorio is the founding director of chamber choir Ensemble Companio. He has co-conducted the Yale Recital Chorus and the Yale Repertory Chorus, and has guest-conducted the Cornell University Glee Club. He served from 2004-2006 as the assistant conductor of the San Francisco Conservatory Chorus, and was assistant conductor of the San Francisco Bach Choir from September 2005-May 2007.

Gregorio holds a M.M. in composition with departmental honors from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a B.A. magna cum laude in music from Cornell University. He also holds a M.M. in choral conducting from Yale University, where he studied with Marguerite Brooks and Simon Carrington. While at Cornell, Gregorio was the recipient of the Ellen Gussman Adelson scholarship in music and the Thomas Sokol award; while at Yale, he received the Richard French and Hugh Giles prizes in choral conducting. He has participated in the Oregon Bach Festival’s Composers’ Symposium and the summer program of the European American Musical Alliance. Gregorio was a professor of music theory and musicianship at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2008-2009. He is currently an adjunct professor of music theory at Temple University.

Links

Ensemble Companio

Publishers

E.C. Schirmer Music Co. | Treble Clef Music Press (catalog now available from Subito Music) | NCCO Choral Music Series

Blog

Gregorian Rant

Please contact Joseph at

joseph@josephgregoriomusic.com

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