Victoria Vasta's Resume
Victoria Vasta Resume
7736 Chanticleer Road, Highland, CA 92346
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Education
University of Southern California � Thornton School of Music August 2016-May 2020
University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
Major: B.M. Music Composition
Awarded Dean�s List for spring 2017, fall 2017, spring 2018, fall 2018, and spring 2019.
Recipient of USC�s Town and Gown (USC) Scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year.
Orange County School of the Arts Fall 2011 - Spring 2016
1010 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA, 92701
Instrumental Music Conservatory: Commercial Music Program (2015 � 2016)
Instrumental Music Conservatory: Pianist Program (2011- 2015)
Instructors
Voice
� Sara Gazarek (fall 2019 � present), Mary Mattei Scheibe (fall 2018 � summer 2019)
Conducting
� Tram Sparks (fall 2019), Irene Apanovitch-Leites (fall 2018), Cristian Grases (spring 2019)
Composition
� Nina Young (2019-2020), Donald Crockett (2018-2019), Andrew Norman (2017-2018), Ted Hearne (2017), Mark Weiser (2016-2017), Brett Banducci (2014-15), Thomas Kotcheff (2014-16), Dr. Ron Anderson (2013-14)
Piano
� Rae Kate Shen (2005-2016)
Experience
Non-Music Related Experience
� Head Lifeguard at University of Southern California (fall 2016-present)
� Lifeguard and swim instructor with City of Riverside aquatics (summer 2016-19)
� USC Resident Assistant: RA for the USC Village Housing (2018-2019)
� Community Outreach Representative for the Residential Student Government and Building Government (2017-2018)
� Participated in the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program entitled "Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Microbiology and Biogeosciences of Siberian Deep Subsurface Permafrost" funded by the National Science Foundation in Pushchino, Russia that was offered through the University of Tennessee (summer 2017).
� Swim instructor with YMCA of Riverside (summer 2016)
� National Honors Society: community service (2014-present)
� California Scholarship Federation: tutoring students (2012-present)
Music Related Experience
� Commissioned by Mu Phi Epsilon/Adams Middle School Wind Ensemble (2019-2020)
� Composer for New Operatic Scenes 2019-2020 program (2019-2020)
� Participated in The Walden School�s 2019 Creative Musicians� Retreat. Performed in other student works (voice and melodica). Performed voice and electronics in own student work, �Benny Blue� (June 2019).
� Engraving work (2017-present)
� Office Assistant and Composition Consultant for the Choral and Sacred Music Office (2018-present)
� Commissioned by Laurie Sefton to write a vocal sextet for her dance company, �Clairobscur Dance,� performed live spring of 2019
� Thornton Community Outreach: teach piano to the community outside of USC (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
� Commissioned by Shushanik Hovakimyan for a piano solo. Three Movements for Solo Piano was performed in the spring of 2018.
� Hosted hour long radio show �Grassfed Moms� at KXSC, USC�s student radio station (fall 2016-spring 2018)
� Participated in Sunset ChamberFest Young Composers' Workshop at USC (May-June 2016)
� Piano Tutoring: 3 students, twice a week (June 2015 - spring 2017)
� President of Music Student Service League: organized and helped with local music competitions, perform at retirement homes and Loma Linda Children�s Hospital, and help usher at the University of Redlands Symphonies (2014-2016).
Victoria Vasta Resume
7736 Chanticleer Road, Highland, CA 92346
Phone: ------------ E-Mail: ------------
Education
University of Southern California � Thornton School of Music August 2016-May 2020
University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
Major: B.M. Music Composition
Awarded Dean�s List for spring 2017, fall 2017, spring 2018, fall 2018, and spring 2019.
Recipient of USC�s Town and Gown (USC) Scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year.
Orange County School of the Arts Fall 2011 - Spring 2016
1010 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA, 92701
Instrumental Music Conservatory: Commercial Music Program (2015 � 2016)
Instrumental Music Conservatory: Pianist Program (2011- 2015)
Instructors
Voice
� Sara Gazarek (fall 2019 � present), Mary Mattei Scheibe (fall 2018 � summer 2019)
Conducting
� Tram Sparks (fall 2019), Irene Apanovitch-Leites (fall 2018), Cristian Grases (spring 2019)
Composition
� Nina Young (2019-2020), Donald Crockett (2018-2019), Andrew Norman (2017-2018), Ted Hearne (2017), Mark Weiser (2016-2017), Brett Banducci (2014-15), Thomas Kotcheff (2014-16), Dr. Ron Anderson (2013-14)
Piano
� Rae Kate Shen (2005-2016)
Experience
Non-Music Related Experience
� Head Lifeguard at University of Southern California (fall 2016-present)
� Lifeguard and swim instructor with City of Riverside aquatics (summer 2016-19)
� USC Resident Assistant: RA for the USC Village Housing (2018-2019)
� Community Outreach Representative for the Residential Student Government and Building Government (2017-2018)
� Participated in the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program entitled "Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Microbiology and Biogeosciences of Siberian Deep Subsurface Permafrost" funded by the National Science Foundation in Pushchino, Russia that was offered through the University of Tennessee (summer 2017).
� Swim instructor with YMCA of Riverside (summer 2016)
� National Honors Society: community service (2014-present)
� California Scholarship Federation: tutoring students (2012-present)
Music Related Experience
� Commissioned by Mu Phi Epsilon/Adams Middle School Wind Ensemble (2019-2020)
� Composer for New Operatic Scenes 2019-2020 program (2019-2020)
� Participated in The Walden School�s 2019 Creative Musicians� Retreat. Performed in other student works (voice and melodica). Performed voice and electronics in own student work, �Benny Blue� (June 2019).
� Engraving work (2017-present)
� Office Assistant and Composition Consultant for the Choral and Sacred Music Office (2018-present)
� Commissioned by Laurie Sefton to write a vocal sextet for her dance company, �Clairobscur Dance,� performed live spring of 2019
� Thornton Community Outreach: teach piano to the community outside of USC (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
� Commissioned by Shushanik Hovakimyan for a piano solo. Three Movements for Solo Piano was performed in the spring of 2018.
� Hosted hour long radio show �Grassfed Moms� at KXSC, USC�s student radio station (fall 2016-spring 2018)
� Participated in Sunset ChamberFest Young Composers' Workshop at USC (May-June 2016)
� Piano Tutoring: 3 students, twice a week (June 2015 - spring 2017)
� President of Music Student Service League: organized and helped with local music competitions, perform at retirement homes and Loma Linda Children�s Hospital, and help usher at the University of Redlands Symphonies (2014-2016).