In their first five years of existence, Dal Niente programmed compositions by emerging composers and, as their capacity grew, performed classics of the contemporary repertoire such as Gérard Grisey's Partiels.
The Proximity series has included collaborations with Kaija Saariaho (2009), Mark-Anthony Turnage (2010), Mark Andre (2012), Chinary Ung (2012), Chaya Czernowin (2012), Johannes Kreidler (2013), Raphaël Cendo (2014), Mathias Spahlinger (2015), Rebecca Saunders (2015, 2022), Enno Poppe (2016), George Lewis (2017), Erin Gee (2018), Andile Khumalo (2021).
[4] Dal Niente's busier 2012–2013 concert season included the ensemble's first of multiple ventures to Latin America, for the Festival Internacional Chihuahua.
February 2013 also marked Dal Niente's first presentation of Georg Friedrich Haas's work for large ensemble and theatrical lighting, "in vain".
[11] In addition to their Proximity portrait series, Dal Niente has also collaborated on performances with composers Marcos Balter, Eliza Brown, Anthony Cheung, Aaron Einbond, Brian Ferneyhough, Ashley Fure, Evan Johnson, Mikel Kuehn, Lee Hyla, George E. Lewis, Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, Greg Saunier, Hans Thomalla, Jay Alan Yim, and Katherine Young, among others.