Music by DANIEL DORFF |
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| Big Sky for Flute, Viola, and Harp | |
Duration: c. 12'
WINNER, 2025 NFA Newly Published Music award for Mixed Ensemble category.
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| Deep Funk, Pt.2: Dance Sonata for Solo Viola | |
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Duration: c. 15' 1. Salsa Grande 2. Romance 3. Agitato Swirl with Waltzes 4. Prelude and Free Form Viola Funk
COMMISSIONED and PREMIERED by violist Mara Gearman. AUDIO EXCERPTS from the premiere by Mara Gearman: from Mvt. 1 from Mvt. 2 from Mvt. 3 from Mvt. 4 FIRST PRIZE: Salsa Grande movement, in 2003 Hvar Music Festival composers' competition. PROGRAM NOTES & REVIEWS |
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| Desert Dusk for Alto Flute and Cello | |
Duration: c. 8½'
COMMISSIONED by Mélomanie, for flutist Kimberly Reighley and cellist Douglas McNames, premiered in May 2017.
YOUTUBE of Agnieszka Bartoszewicz and Cecylia Stanecka, live at the Bydgoszcz Academy of Music, Poland |
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It Takes Four to Tango for String Quartet, String Quintet, or String Orchestra |
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Duration: c. 2½'
PERFORMANCES include Colorado Symphony's outreach concerts.
AUDIO EXCERPT: Harmo Saxophone Quartet playing the sax version |
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| It Takes Four to Tango for Violin (or Flute) and Guitar | |
Duration: c. 2½'
PREMIERED by Mimi Stillman flute and Allen Krantz guitar, March 16, 2006,
Philadelphia. |
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| Lamentations for String Orchestra | |
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Duration: c. 5'
COMPOSED for the Santa Monica Civic Orchestra, Frank Fetta, Music Director. |
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| Midsummer Daydream for Flute, Viola, and Harp | |
Duration: c. 7'
COMMISSIONED by a consortium led by the Astralis Chamber Ensemble.
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| Peaceful Journey for Cello and Piano | |
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Duration: c. 8'
AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser. |
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| Spark for unaccompanied Viola | |
| Duration: c. 3'
COMMISSIONED by Kirk Smith, for Yvonne Smith.
YOUTUBE
of Yvonne Smith performing Spark |
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| Sunburst for Solo Violin with String Orchestra | |
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Duration: c. 3'
COMMISSIONED and PREMIERED by the Colorado Symphony's Up Close and
Musical series for 20-30 performances (1998-2000 seasons), to demonstrate sounds
and colors of the violin. |
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| Sunshine Rondo for Violin and Piano | |
| Duration: c. 2' AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
AUDIO EXCERPT from the premiere by Todd Reynolds |
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| The Three Little Pigs for Narrator, Violin, and Cello | |
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Duration: c. 10½' The familiar story is told with lots of special effects, and with leitmotives identifying each of the pigs and the wolf, to illustrate variations on recurring patterns. A perfect story for illustrating variations on a theme. COMMISSIONED by the American Composers Forum community partnerships for the Auricolae ensemble and Strings in the Schools. PERFORMANCES have included outreach programs of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Aspen Music Festival. AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
RECORDED on New
Focus Recordings by the Auricolae ensemble. |
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| Three Mysteries of Nagasaki for Violin and Percussion | |
Duration: c. 13'
PREMIERED by Terry Vermillion (perc) and Marion Judish (vn), St. Cloud, MN.,
February 2000.
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 Terry Vermillion's set-up for the premiere |
last updated April 22, 2026 |
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