Education

  • Film Scoring Graduate Certificate (2018-19) @ UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

    • GPA 4.0

    • Mentored by industry leading professionals

    • Recording experience at world-class scoring stages

    • Internships and valuable industry connections

  • Music Composition (2009-16) @ UNVM (Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina)

    • GPA 3.8

    • Personalized education

    • Access to professional grade studios, choirs, orchestra

    • Deep studying of popular and traditional music from Latin America

    • Incredible quality of teachers and educational content

    • Unlimited electives

    • Workshop: 3 Takes on Documentary and Avant Garde (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, 2015)

    • Workshop: The Cinematographic Writing of Robert Bresson (2014)

    • Workshop: Recording and Post-Production of Sound for Film by Atilio Sanchez (2014)

    • Seminar: Sound and Music en contemporary film production by Michel Chion (2013)

    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Latin American Congress of Popular Music in Academia (2009-2015)

Teaching

    • Panel Amplify Her: Supporting Women and Gender Minorities in Music (online, 2026)

    • Panel LAFCI (Los Angeles Filmn Conducting Intensive): Virtual Instruments and Musio (online, 2025)

    • Workshop: Creating and using Virtual Instruments: 440 Studio, (Cordoba, Argentina. 2019)

    • Workshop: Film Scoring and other careers in Music at San Pedro High School (Lima, Peru. 2017)

  • UNVM (Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina)

    • Teaching Assistant: Audio 101 for Filmmakers (2015-2016)

    • Teaching Assistant: Film Scoring (2014-2016)

    • Music Production: Beginner to advanced. Individual. Ages 15+

    • Film Scoring: Beginner to advanced. Individual or group. Ages 18+

    • Guitar: Beginner to advanced. Individual and groups. Ages 8+

    • Music Theory & Harmony: Beginner to advanced. Individual and groups. Ages 15+

    Ask about coaching and councelling for music school applications.

Press & Awards

    • SoundOnSound, 2025: Musio gains "Mic Position Mixes" feature

    • MusicTech, 2025: Musios new highly- requested mic position feature is made with real microphone recordings from studios across the world

    • KVR, 2025: Musio Unveils New "Mic Position Mixes" Feature

    • Gearspace, 2025: Musio unveils "Mic Position Mixes" feature

    • Gearspace, 2025: Musio unveils "Mic Position Mixes" feature

    • Sound on Sound, 2024: Cinesamples Musio Virtual Instruments Catalog

    • Press Andina, 2020: Conoce al peruano que hace musica con inteligencia artifical

    • Infobae, 2024: Santiago Velarde, la inspiradora trayectoria del productor peruano que brilló en Hollywood y ahora en Alemania: “La música de mi país resuena en mi corazón”

    • Canal N, 2020: Peruano destaca en Los Angeles

    • El Comercio, 2020: Santiago Velarde, el peruano que crea musica con inteligencia artificial para Hollywood.

    • Times Magazine, 2020: Musicians Are Using AI to Create Otherwise Impossible New Songs

    • Puntal Villa Maria, 2020: Compositor de productora local se desarrolla en Hollywood

    • Prensa UNVM, 2019: Dialogando con egresadxs: Lic. en Composicion Musical Santiago Velarde

    • Voyage LA, 2019: Meet Santiago Velarde

    • 2019, Killing Adam: Southern Shorts Georgia for Sound Design

    • 2018, Killing Adam: Minfield Albuquerque for Best Music