MUSIC BY DANIEL DORFF
MUSIC BY DANIEL DORFF
 
LISTINGS BY INSTRUMENT: SPECIAL INTEREST PAGES:
Orchestra Calendar of Performances
Flute Music for Children’s Concerts
Flute & Clarinet Duets Arrangements and Editions
Clarinet Commissioning a new piece
Saxophone Ordering Information
Contrabassoon Photo Gallery
Brass Selected Reviews
Percussion Program Notes
Strings Symphony In C Young Composers’ Competition
Guitar Discography
Piano Selected Youtube Links
Opera, Choral, Voice Audio Excerpts
Band & Wind Ensemble ConcertsForKids listserve
Narrated Works for young listeners


To contact the composer, e-mail ddorff@danieldorff.com


BIO
Daniel Dorff’s music has been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, commissioned five times by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s education department resulting in over 20 performances, and commissioned twice by the Minnesota Orchestra’s Kinder Konzert series which has performed his music over 250 times. 

Dorff’s works have also been performed by the Baltimore Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, Spoleto Festival, and Eastman Wind Ensemble; chamber concerts of the Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and Oregon Symphony; on the Chicago Symphony Radiothon, by clarinetists of the Chicago Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic, by pianist Marc-André Hamelin, flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal, Walfrid Kujala, Donald Peck, and Denis Bouriakov; and conducted by maestros Alan Gilbert and Wolfgang Sawallisch. Other commissions have come from Walfrid Kujala, the Colorado Symphony’s Up Close and Musical series, Sacramento Symphony, Young Audiences, American Composers Forum, Ithaca College School of Music, Symphony in C (formerly Haddonfield Symphony), Network for New Music, National Flute Association Piccolo Committee, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, and other organizations. Dorff has also created arrangements for Sir James Galway and pop musicians Keith Emerson and Lisa Loeb. 

Five of Dorff's works were premiered between July 2011 and January 2012, including Cindy Anne Broz premiering Woodland Reverie for solo flute at the National Flute Association's annual convention and Lois Herbine's premiere of Tweet for solo piccolo, also at the 2011 NFA convention. In October, legendary clarinetist Larry Combs was featured in the world premiere of Perennials for flute, clarinet, and piano, along with flutist Sherry Kujala and pianist Nolan Pearson. In January 2012, Maestro Marcelo Bussiki led two performances of Take the Orchestra Out to the Ballgame, premiering the orchestral version of a work previous available only for narrator with mixed quintet. In addition, the San Diego-based Flutes de Salon premiered the flute quartet version of It Takes Four to Tango in July 2011. 

In February 2012, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair hosted flutist Cindy Anne Broz in "Nature and Lyricism: Expressing the Solo Flute Music of Daniel Dorff," an hour-long presentation including performances and master class discussions. In May 2012, flutist Leonard Garrison and clarinetist Shannon Scott will record an all-Dorff CD for Albany Records including 7 first recordings. In August 2012, the National Flute Association's annual convention will present Cindy Anne Broz along with clarinetist Mark Margolies and pianist Martin Amlin in Dorff's Perennials and Three Romances. New works for the 2011-12 season include Musetta Steps Out, a jazz version of Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème, for saxophone quartet; a new collection of favorite Puccini arias arranged for flute and clarinet; and Sonata (Three Lakes) for flute and piano, commissioned by Cindy Anne Broz. 

Daniel Dorff was born in New Rochelle, NY in 1956; acclaim came early with First Prize in the Aspen Music Festival’s annual composers’ competition at age 18 for his Fantasy, Scherzo and Nocturne for saxophone quartet. Dorff received degrees in composition from Cornell and University of Pennsylvania; teachers included George Crumb, George Rochberg, Karel Husa, Henry Brant, Ralph Shapey, Elie Siegmeister, and Richard Wernick. He studied saxophone with Sigurd Rascher. In 1996, Dorff was named Composer-In-Residence for Symphony in C (formerly Haddonfield Symphony), in which he played bass clarinet from 1980 through 2002.

Daniel Dorff serves as Vice President of Publishing for Theodore Presser Company; he is a sought-after expert on music engraving and notation, having lectured at many colleges as well as Carnegie Hall, and advising the leading notation software companies. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Music Publishers' Association of the USA, the Board of Directors of the National Flute Association, and the Executive Board of The Charles Ives Society. 

Dorff’s compositions have been published by Theodore Presser Company, Carl Fischer, Lauren Keiser Music (formerly MMB), Elkan-Vogel, Shawnee Press, Mel Bay, Kendor Music, Tenuto Publications, and Golden Music, and recorded on Bridge, Crystal, Azica, and many other labels.

last updated 4/16/12