Drew Mikuska

Drew Mikuska is a film composer living and working in Los Angeles, California. He completed a Masters of Music in Screen Scoring in the Spring of 2017 at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music after finishing a Bachelors of Music in Composition at USC in 2016. Currently, Mikuska is completing additional arranging & orchestrating work for composers Leo Birenberg, Layla Minoui, and Anton Sanko on various projects for which they are currently scoring. He has also had the pleasure to act as scoring arranger and assistant for Patrick Kirst, Josh Moshier and Sunna Wehrmeijer on various projects within the past year. Earlier this spring, he collaborated with composer Anton Sanko as orchestrator & arranger on Sanko's most recent feature film project, "Amanda." In January, Mikuska completed a fellowship in the 2018 Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive under the mentorship of Conrad Pope, William Ross and Angel Velez. Last summer, Mikuska participated in the 2017 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis and was recognized with the ASCAP Foundation Michelle and Dean Kay Award for his involvement in this program. He also took part in the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in the summer of 2016. During his time at USC, he was awarded the ASCAP Betty Rose Award & Scholarship, which is presented each year to an "outstanding, promising composer participating in The ASCAP Foundation Composer-in-Residence Program at the University of Southern California." He has also had the privilege of interning for several outstanding film composers over the past several years, including Joe Trapanese, Gabriel Mann, Peter Golub, and at Remote Control Productions.