about katie
Katie Jenkins is a multi-award-winning Welsh composer and producer based in New York City, renowned for her distinctive sound—evocative of her Welsh heritage and infused with the dynamic energy of New York City. She is acclaimed for her collaborative and cross-disciplinary approach to music across stage, screen, and multimedia. Her work has been featured at prominent institutions including NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, New York Fashion Week (in collaboration with designer Bad Binch Tong Tong), and the New York Choreographic Institute at the New York City Ballet.
Her orchestral compositions have been performed and commissioned by renowned ensembles such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios—where she collaborated with internationally acclaimed pianist Chloe Flower (Cariad)—the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center (Awakening), the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and San Diego Symphony Orchestra (where she orchestrated Shaggy: Mr. Symphonic in collaboration with David Ludwig), the Albany Symphony Orchestra (This Land of Ours: Song Cycle), and the Second Ending Ensemble at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room (A Solar Symphony). She has also been commissioned by leading dance organizations, including Pointeworks, which premiered at the Alvin Ailey Theatre featuring dancers from the New York City Ballet. Other dance collaborations include Revolve Dance Project, Stefanie Nelson Dance Group and Chamber Dance Project.
A passionate choral composer, Jenkins’ compositions have been published and recorded by Hal Leonard, including performances by Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA. Her works include settings of Dona Nobis Pacem and Ar Hyd Y Nos (Judith Clurman Choral Series), and For Our Tomorrow (Jonathan Palant Choral Series). Jenkins was recently awarded the American Prize in Composition for her original musical This Land of Ours (2024). Her other accolades include the Norman Benzaquen Career Grant from The Juilliard School, the Grand Prize at the International Women’s Brass Festival (WCFT), the Grand Prize in the EXPO: New Works Competition, 1st Prize at the Composer’s Concordance Generations XI, 1st Prize at the LunArt Festival, and the Brian Israel Prize from the New York Federation of Music. She was also a finalist in the National Sawdust Hildegard Commission Competition, which highlights the most outstanding emerging women film composers.
Composer & Producer
Katie has written an extensive catalogue of music for solo instruments, sonatas, and chamber music, which can be purchased under Concert Works on her website. Her most performed works include Kaleidoscope (for solo trumpet and piano), The Dawning (for String Octet), Collage (for Solo Clarinet/Alto Saxophone and Piano), and Monologue (for Solo Cello). Her chamber music has been performed by leading instrumentalists such as Steinway Artist Joshua Mhoon, prodigy pianist Umi Garrett, and award-winning trumpet player Mary Bowden, players from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Young Concert Artist winners Ziggy & Miles (guitar duo), The National Sawdust Ensemble and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, to name just a few.
Her music has accompanied award-winning films at international festivals including the Berlin Film Festival and the New York International Film Awards. Katie has written scores for numerous documentaries, including Wright of Passage, which premiered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, as well as Sherpa Productions' S.A.R. Recent film projects also include FAWN, a collaboration with Madhouse Films and director Emily Everhard. She has also produced music for organizations such as the United Nations, The Female Quotient, Joy of Mom, and the Girls’ Day School Trust and for composer Vivian Fung. Katie excels greatly at interdisciplinary collaboration and recently created an installation at Lincoln Center with acclaimed visual artist Alex Echo that featured live music, immersive audio, and projected virtual images, including her saxophone concerto Three Echoes, commissioned by Antonio Jarvey.
Jenkins earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in composition from The Juilliard School, studying under Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner and holding the Henry Mancini Fellowship. She is currently on faculty at Juilliard Pre-College, where she teaches screen scoring and music production and leads the Art of The Score Program. She also serves on the NYC steering committee of the Society of Composers and Lyricists.
[Thanks to Alex Echo for the Original Art Work]
recent projects
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