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“Snow Angel” for flute and piano
Daniel Dorff: Snow Angel for flute and piano was written in 2017. The piece was commissioned by flutist Ray-Michael Kauffman. It is a tribute to Kauffman's mother, Kim Michelle Beaston Kauffman, who passed away while he was in college. The composer describes her as an "angel" who loved the snow, which inspired the work's title and gentle, "magical" atmosphere.
The piece originated from a 2017 dream Kauffman had in which he played flute for his mother. Dorff was moved to act as a "medium" to bring this vision to reality.
It was first performed in July 2018 by Ray-Michael Kauffman (flute) and Betsy Buzzelli-Clarke (piano) at the Pocono Flute Society’s summer camp in East Stroudsburg, PA.
Around 2017 Dorff was heavily focused on nature-inspired and programmatic instrumental works, such as April Whirlwind and Summer Solstice.
Patricia Surman (flute), Jooeun Pak (piano), 2020, Patricia Surman / CDBaby
Snow Angel
Dorff Daniel
Daniel Dorff (1956) is an American composer.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, he studied at Cornell University and earned his master's degree in composition from the University of Pennsylvania, studying composition with George Crumb, George Rochberg, Karel Husa, Henry Brant, Ralph Shapey, Elie Siegmeister, and Richard Wernick.
Dorff was a clarinetist, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist for the Haddonfield Symphony for 20 years prior to Alan Gilbert appointing him composer-in-residence.
From 1996 until 2015, he was a composer-in-residence for Symphony in C (formerly The Haddonfield Symphony) in Camden, New Jersey.
His works have been commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra, and performed by groups and individuals including the Baltimore Symphony, Eastman Wind Ensemble, flutists of the Chicago Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic, as well as Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jasmine Choi, Denis Bouriakov, and frequent collaborator Cindy Anne Broz. He has also created arrangements for Sir James Galway and pop musicians Keith Emerson and Lisa Loeb.
Dorff has taken a particular interest in exposing young people to classical music; many of his works are written for young audiences, including Three Fun Fables, a setting for narrator and orchestra of familiar Aesop tales; Billy and the Carnival, a narrated guide to the instruments of the orchestra, and many more.
Among his compositions for flute: "9 Walks Down 7th Avenue" Rondò Variations for flute and piano; "April Whirlwind" for flute and piano'; "August Idyll" for solo Flute; "Concertino" for flute and orchestra; "Flash!" for piccolo and piano; "For Elise" for flute and piano; "Nocturne Caprice" for solo flute; "Nocturnes for the Nativity" for solo flute; "Snow Angel" for flute and piano; "Sonata "Spirit of the Hudson" for bass flute and piano; Sonata "Three Lakes" for flute and piano; Sonatine de Giverny for piccolo and piano; "Songs of the Open Road" for solo flute etc.