Dr. Vincenzo Volpe
Vincenzo Volpe (b. 1995) received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 2023. He also holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Case Western Reserve University. He completed a semester of his undergraduate degree at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen.
A passionate performer, Vincenzo is a full-time musician with the United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps in Washington, D.C. He was previously the visiting principal flutist of Orchestra Kentucky Bowling Green from 2019 to 2023 and a flutist of the Queen City Chamber Orchestra in Cincinnati, Ohio from 2019 to 2021. He currently freelances with professional arts organizations in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, including the Choral Arts Society of Washington.
As an activist and volunteer, Vincenzo is the organizer of the National LGBTQIA+ Flute Choir and the Pride of America Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps. He also serves on the National Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign and the Board of Directors for the CWRU Pride LGBT Alumni Network. In 2025, he served as a co-chair of the Arts and Culture Committee for WorldPride in Washington, D.C.
Vincenzo’s academic research focuses on the history and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community in classical music. He has staged full recitals of music by queer composers and completed a doctoral lecture-recital about flute music written in reaction to the AIDS epidemic.
As a competitor, Vincenzo is the winner of the inaugural 2022 William Winstead Competition for Artistry in Wind Playing at the College-Conservatory of Music. Vincenzo has also won concerto competitions with the University of Toronto Hart House Orchestra and the Case Western Reserve University Orchestra.
On the international stage, Vincenzo has performed in Europe, North America, and South America, including appearances at the (American) National Flute Association Convention, Canadian Summer Flute Festival, and the International Festival of Flutists in Lima, Peru. He is a previous fellow of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Miami Classical Music Festival, Lake George Music Festival, Kent/Blossom Music Festival, and International Lyric Academy in Vicenza, Italy.
Vincenzo’s previous teachers include Demarre McGill, Heather Verbeck, Nora Shulman, Mary Kay Fink, Katherine DeJongh, Ulla Miilmann, Russ Itani, and George Pope.
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