Daniel Dorff

Haddonfield (NJ) Symphony presented a “mostly Dorff” children’s concert on September 5, 2004. Dorff has completed four new orchestrations for pop singer Lisa Loeb and has arranged Bruch’s Kol Nidrei for Sir James Galway (publication by Theodore Presser Company). You are invited to visit the composer’s Web site at www.danieldorff.com.

Premieres:

The Bear Went Under the Mountain, for narrator and mixed quintet, was first heard April 24, 2004, in a performance by narrator Charlotte Blake Alston with members of the Philadelphia (PA) Orchestra at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Flutist Julie Seftick-McGough and pianist Donna Amato presented 9 Walks Down 7th Avenue, June 13, in Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. Hot Spots: Seven Chakras for Tenor Saxophone and Piano, was premiered by saxophonist Marshall Taylor and pianist Samuel Hsu in the fall of 2004 in Langhorne, PA. The Three Little Pigs, for Narrator, Violin, and Cello Auricolae Ensemble (an ACF Community Partners commission for Strings For Schools) premiered in a performance featuring narrator David Yang on November 3. Saxophonist Jay Easton is scheduled to perform Daybreak for baritone saxophone and piano in spring 2005.

Performances

Nocturne Caprice for solo flute received numerous performances this past season by both Donald Peck and Mimi Stillman, while Three Fun Fables, for narrator and mixed octet, was also widely performed during 2004 at the Minnesota Orchestra’s Kinder Konzerts. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, for narrator and orchestra, received 14 performances by the Akron (OH) Symphony in May. Susan Nigro presented Concerto for Contrabassoon in several performances throughout the Chicago area in the 2004-05 season. Sonatine de Giverny, for piccolo and piano, was heard August 15 in a National Flute Association national convention performance by Sarah Wimmer, piccolo competition winner.

Publications

9 Walks Down 7th Avenue, flute and piano; Theodore Presser. The Day Things Went Wrong at the Pet Store: 11 Cartoons for Piano; Tenuto Publications/Presser.

Recordings

Sonatine de Giverny, for piccolo and piano; Lois Herbine piccolo, Charles Abramovic piano; Crystal Records.

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 1999-2000 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online
• SAI's Music for Young People section