 He was commissioned by the CBC to write a cantata with librettist George Benson Johnston which Van Dijk would entitle "Now is the Prophet's Time" (1967).Its premiere took place in The Netherlands at the Philharmonie Haarlem with the Boy's choir of St. Bavo Cathedral, Groot Omroepkoor, and the Symfonieorkest Haerlem for Dutch radio broadcast conducted by Jan Stulen.In 1972, Van Dijk was appointed to the Faculty of Music at Indiana University.