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Compositions

Vigil: For the victims of war in Ukraine
(vibraphone, marimba, piano; 2022; 6′)

Premiered May 20, 2022, at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York, NY, by members of Yarn / Wire: Russell Greenberg, vibraphone; Sae Hashimoto, marimba; Laura Barger, piano.

Arctic Circle — recipient of the Allen Strange Memorial Award, 2008 (SEAMUS)
(piano, live electronics; 2008; 10′)

Ben Dorfan, piano — recorded live at SEAMUS National Conference 2008, Salt Lake City, UT

Mythos — dedicated to Michael Tierra
(flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano; 2017 rev. 2019; 17′)

I. Pangea

II. Neptune

III. Orpheus

IV. Ariel

V. Pangea
Brian Johnston, violin; Shannon Delaney, viola; Aude Castagna; cello, Kathleen Purcell, flute; Jeff Gallagher, clarinet; Ben Dorfan, piano. Recording Engineer: Stu Wilson, with special thanks to Santa Cruz Chamber Players and Christ Lutheran Church.

Alleluia — dedicated to Alice Hughes and Pacific Collegiate School Choirs
(SATB Choir; 2019; 3′)

Narcissus
(piano, live electronics; 2009; 3′)

Ben Dorfan, piano

Waste Land
(musique concrète; 2008; 4′)

featuring Molly Netter, voice

Counterpoint Study
(violin, clarinet; 2007; 3′)

Farkhad Khudyev, violin; Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet

Cumulus
(violin; 2006; ca. 5′)

Evan Shallcross, violin

Two Preludes
(piano; 2004; 3′)

Prelude #1 — Ben Dorfan, piano

Prelude #2 — Ben Dorfan, piano

Performances

Free Improvisation

NNW
(Ben Dorfan, piano; NeoGeo, percussion; special thanks to Hans Heim and Studio B)

River Ghost
(Ben Dorfan, piano; NeoGeo, percussion; special thanks to Hans Heim and Studio B)

Illusions
(Ben Dorfan, piano; NeoGeo, percussion; special thanks to Hans Heim and Studio B)

Blues Study #1
(Ben Dorfan, piano)

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