Music Publishing Podcast

Composer &amp; conductor Dominick DiOrio is a supremely talented musician, and we have many friends in common who have raved about him to me over the years. He's a widely-respected choral conductor, and a huge champion of new music, so I've been interested in getting him on the show from the word "go". We have a few audio issues at the beginning of the episode, but everything smooths out nicely after a few minutes, and we have a really wonderful chat. In the course of our conversation, we talk about: <ul> <li>Wearing the dual hats of conductor and composer</li> <li>How performative pursuits can inform your writing, and vice versa</li> <li>Common score review practices for choral conductors</li> <li>Composers who have (or don't have) a vocal sensibility</li> <li>Adjudicating competitions, and what disqualifies many entries in the first round</li> <li>Recording requirements in competitions</li> <li>The evolution of choral mu