Dave Volpe is a composer and conductor based in Los Angeles who loves film, collaboration, and making music. He is a graduate of the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at USC where he mentored with Thomas Newman, scored numerous student films, and learned from some of the industry’s leading professionals including Jack Smalley, Chris Young, and Bruce Broughton. Dave holds a Masters Degree in Music Composition from Queens College in New York City and has participated in the film scoring program at the Aspen Music Festival and the ASCAP/NYU Buddy Baker Film Scoring Workshop. In addition to being a composer, Dave is a classically trained pianist, a professional copyist and proofreader, lifelong choir nerd, and an avid cook/baker.