Katie Jenkins is a multi-award-winning Welsh composer and producer, now based in New York City. She is recognised for her ability to weave together sonic textures, influenced by her Celtic background. She draws on her ability as a vocalist and violinist to create her distinctive sound. Katie’s music can be found on stage, in the media and at the concert hall. She is renowned for her strength in collaborative work and ability to form supportive environments where she works closely with fellow musicians to maximise their creative output.
Her musical talent, coupled with her entrepreneurial skills has already left her with an array of awards. Her choral music has been published by Hal Leonard in the US and Europe and her instrumental music by Murphy Music Press. Jenkins’ most recent accolades include winning the Grand Prize in the International Women’s Brass Festival: WCFT Competition; the EXPO:New Works Competition, 2021, the Composer’s Cordance Generations XI: New Music for Jazz Septet, 2022, the LunArt Festival, 2022 and the New York Federation of Music Prize, 2022. Her music has been used by many filmmakers, including festival success at the Berlin Film Festival and New York International Film Awards, 2021. She was commissioned by Ensemble Intencomperain, creating a new work for clarinettist Jerome Comte. Jenkins completed a project for the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of the New York City Ballet in February of 2022 and more recently created the runway music for fashion designer Terrence Zhou; premiering their collection at New York Fashion Week in the fall of 2022. Her music has been performed across the world including venues such as National Sawdust, where she held a fellowship, The Juilliard School, The Curtis Institute of Music, BBC Hoddinott Hall, The DiMenna Center and music festivals in Barcelona, Serbia, Bulgaria and more! Katie enjoys working with a broad spectrum of creative talent. She has arranged and produced music for The United Nations, The Female Quotient, The Girls Day School Trust and Joy of Mom.
She is a 2022 graduate of the Juilliard School where she held the Henry Mancini Fellowship. She has returned to Juilliard where she is currently completing her Masters degree as well as coaching film scoring and music production in the music technology centre. As an educator, Katie has a small studio of composition, violin and piano students. In 2023, Jenkins launched her start up music services company, ‘Jenkins and Rassler’ which has already produced a number of projects, including working with acclaimed collaborators such as The Kennedy Space Center, NASA.