Dave Tofani has performed in the orchestras with the Joffrey Ballet and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre companies.
He has performed regularly on the Tony awards live TV broadcast.
He has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra under the baton of distinguished conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Colin Davis, Pierre Boulez, Dennis Davies and Gunther Schuller.
Rounding out Dave’s resume is his work on major motion picture soundtracks such as “You’ve Got Mail,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Beauty & The Beast,” “The Birdcage,” “The Mambo Kings,” “Valmont,” “The Wiz” and dozens more.
Tofani’s solos are spotlighted on several soundtracks, including “Peggy Sue Got Married,” “The Untouchables,” “All That Jazz” and “Working Girl.
Below is a small sampling of Dave Tofani’s work as a New York studio musician on major Motion Picture Soundtracks:
All That Jazz – Columbia
Analyze This – Warner Bros.
Anastasia – 20th Century Fox
Animal House – Universal Studios
Arthur – Warner Bros
Barton Fink – Circle Barton Productions
Beauty & the Beast – Walt Disney Pictures
The Birdcage – MGM & UA Services Company
Blowout – MGM & UA Services Company
Boys Next Door – Artisan Entertainment Inc.
Bye Bye Birdie – Hallmark Entertainment/E.P.
Cape Fear – Universal Studios
Chorus Line – Embassy Film Assoc.
Consenting Adults – Walt Disney Pictures
Cotton Club – MGM & UA Services Company
Crooklyn – Universal Studios
Dance With Me – Columbia
Down Periscope – 20th Century Fox
Dressed To Kill – MGM & UA Services Company
Fame – Turner Entertainment/Television
Family Business – Spe Corporate Service/Columbia
The Fan – Paramount
For Love Of The Game – Universal Studios
Foul Play – Paramount Pictures
Four Friends – MGM/UA Services Company
French Kiss – MGM & UA Services Company / 20th Century Fox
Frida – Miramax Films
Goodbye Lover – Warner Bros.
Hammett – Warner Bros.
Housesitter – Universal Studios
In And Out – Paramount Pictures / Spelling Entertainment Inc.
Ishtar – SPE Corporate Service/ Columbia
It Could Happen To You – Columbia
It Takes Two – Rysher Entertainment/Warner Bros
Joe’s Apartment – Warner Bros
Just Tell Me What You Want – Warner Bros
The Last Days of Disco – Warner Bros
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus – Warner Bros
Life With Mikey – Walt Disney Pictures
Little Drummer Girl – Warner Bros
The Making of West Side Story – Intl TV Trading Corp
The Mambo Kings – New Regency Productions, Inc/Warner Bros
Meet Joe Black – Universal Studios
Micheal Collins – Warner Bros
Miller’s Crossing – 20th Century Fox
Mixed Nuts AKA Life Savers – SPE Corporate Service/Columbia
Moscow On The Hudson – SPE Corporate Service/Columbia
Muppets Take Manhattan AKA Muppets Third Movie – SPE Corporate Service/Columbia
National Lampoons Vacation – Warner Bros
Night Moves – Warner Bros
The Object Of My Affection – 20th Century Fox
Open Season – Frozen Rope Productions
Palookaville – MGM & UA Services Company
Peggy Sue Got Married – SPE Corporate Service/Columbia
Picture Perfect – 20th Century Fox
Prelude To a Kiss – 20th Century Fox
Quick Change – Warner Bros
Searching For Bobby Fisher – Paramount Pictures
Second Sight – Warner Bros
Silkwood – Walt Disney Pictures
The Simpsons – 20th Century Fox
Sleepless In Seattle – SPE Corporate Service/Columbia
Star 80 – Warner Bros
A Stranger Among Us AKA Close To Eden – Walt Disney Pictures
This Is My Life – 20th Century Fox Twilight – Paramount Pictures
The Untouchables – Paramount Pictures
Valmont – MGM & UA Services Company
Warriors – Paramount Pictures
Wide Awake – Miramax Films Windows – MGM/UA Services Co
Without A Trace – 20th Century Fox
The Wiz – Universal Studios
Working Girl – 20th Century Fox
You’ve Got Mail – Warner Bros.