Flute 360

Flute 360 | Episode 35: “An Interview with Daniel Dorff” (1:20:50) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Daniel Dorff who is a composer, an editor for Theodore Presser Company, clarinetist, and saxophonist. Heidi and Daniel talk about his musical background, compositional process, his works, and much more! Check out today’s episode for more details. Episode 35 – Main Points: 0:53 – Introduction 1:25 – Daniel Dorff’s Background 3:51 – Picture of Daniel playing “Locomotive Breath” (Image 6) 6:55 – Composer: Paul Creston 8:50 – Cornell University’s Department of Music 9:09 – University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Music 9:11 – Composer: George Crumb 11:03 – Composers: Vincent Persichetti, David Diamond, Rochberg, and Crumb 11:27 – Question: What is your compositional process like? 13:00 – Metaphor: “Write drunk, edit sober.” 16:48 – Comparison to the other arts (literature, painting, sculpting, and more). 18:55 – “Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.” – Goethe 19:33 – Theodore Presser C