Hello and thank you for checking my page!

My name is Anastasia, I came to USC from the Netherlands.

My musical background is pretty diverse. I started as a songwriter and music theater composer and some of my songs were published and performed on radio. I took private lessons on 20th century composition techniques from a former Rodion Shchedrin’s student, studied music production at Abbey Roads Institute (Amsterdam) and took a number of courses related to screen scoring at Berklee Online, including writing for specific genres, orchestration, contemporary approaches to composition, sampling and synthesis for film. I had the highest academic record in Berklee Online and as a result was rewarded with Mark Mothersbaugh’s star scholarship.

I am also curious about niche electronic music genres and learned electronic music production and live performance at Pyntago producers bootcamp in Amsterdam.

Besides music I studied screenwriting at a professional level in screenwriting schools in Russia and in the US, participated in John Truby, Robert McKee and Linda Seger workshops. It gave me profound understanding of storytelling craft, drama rules, film language and subtexts.

My practical experience includes festival short films scoring, sessions preparation and live recording with an orchestra and choir.

You can contact me by e-mail: listopad at usc.edu