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.
5 of Dorff's works will be 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 NFA convention. In October, legendary clarinetist Larry Combs will be featured in the world premiere of Perennials for flute, clarinet, and piano, along with flutist Sherry Kujala and pianist Nolan Pearson, in Evanston, IL. In January 2012, Maestro Marcelo Bussiki will lead 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 will premiere the flute quartet version of It Takes Four to Tango on July 28.
Highlights of the 2010-11 season included Three Fun Fables performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, 48 performances of Three Fun Fables on the Minnesota Orchestra's Kinder Konzert series; performances of Three Fun Fables and Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Parlance Chamber Concerts series featuring members of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra; Flash! for piccolo and band featuring Linda Toote with the Boston University Wind Ensemble; Dorff gave pre-concert talks about Stravinsky to Philadelphia Orchestra audiences in April 2011, as well as to Symphony In C audiences throughout the season. New works for the 2011-12 season include a flute sonata commissioned by Cindy Anne Broz, and Musetta Steps Out, a jazz version of Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme, for saxophone quartet.
Symphony In C (formerly Haddonfield Symphony) has recorded an all-Dorff CD on Bridge Records, featuring Ann Crumb and Ukee Washington as narrators, conducted by Rossen Milanov, and in May 2010 flutist Pam Youngblood released Dorff's 9 Walks Down 7th Avenue and his flute/piano transcription of Ives's Variations on "America" on Azica Records. German piccoloist Gudrun Hinze's new CD includes both of Dorff's piccolo/piano works, Flash! and Sonatine de Giverny.
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.
Daniel Dorff
Biography
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.
5 of Dorff's works will be 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 NFA convention. In October, legendary clarinetist Larry Combs will be featured in the world premiere of Perennials for flute, clarinet, and piano, along with flutist Sherry Kujala and pianist Nolan Pearson, in Evanston, IL. In January 2012, Maestro Marcelo Bussiki will lead 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 will premiere the flute quartet version of It Takes Four to Tango on July 28.
Highlights of the 2010-11 season included Three Fun Fables performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, 48 performances of Three Fun Fables on the Minnesota Orchestra's Kinder Konzert series; performances of Three Fun Fables and Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Parlance Chamber Concerts series featuring members of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra; Flash! for piccolo and band featuring Linda Toote with the Boston University Wind Ensemble; Dorff gave pre-concert talks about Stravinsky to Philadelphia Orchestra audiences in April 2011, as well as to Symphony In C audiences throughout the season. New works for the 2011-12 season include a flute sonata commissioned by Cindy Anne Broz, and Musetta Steps Out, a jazz version of Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme, for saxophone quartet.
Symphony In C (formerly Haddonfield Symphony) has recorded an all-Dorff CD on Bridge Records, featuring Ann Crumb and Ukee Washington as narrators, conducted by Rossen Milanov, and in May 2010 flutist Pam Youngblood released Dorff's 9 Walks Down 7th Avenue and his flute/piano transcription of Ives's Variations on "America" on Azica Records. German piccoloist Gudrun Hinze's new CD includes both of Dorff's piccolo/piano works, Flash! and Sonatine de Giverny.
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.