COmposers & Musicians
Katie jenkins
Katie Jenkins is a multi-award-winning Welsh composer and producer now based in New York City. Known for her collaborative approach, Jenkins’ work spans stage, screen and beyond. Her projects have been featured at NASA, the New York Choreographic Institute and New York Fashion Week, to name but a few. Katie enjoys working with choreographers and has been commissioned by companies such as Chamber Dance Project, Stefanie Nelson Dance Company and Revolve Dance Project. Many of her works have been published by Hal Leonard and Murphy Music Press. Jenkins’ accolades include winning the Grand Prize in the International Women’s Brass Festival WCFT Competition, the EXPO New Works Competition, the Composer’s Cordance Generations XI New Music for Jazz Septet, the LunArt Festival and the New York Federation of Music Club’s prize from The Society of New Music. Most recently, she was awarded the American Prize in Composition for her musical: This Land of Ours. Upon graduation from The Juilliard School, where she earned both her BM and MM in composition under Pulitzer-winning composer Melinda Wagner, Jenkins was awarded the Norman Benzaquen Career Grant for outstanding artistry. She is currently a member of the Juilliard Pre-College Faculty where she teaches film-scoring and music production. Katya Richardson
Katya Richardson is a Ukrainian-American film composer based in Los Angeles. Throughout her multidisciplinary work, she is drawn to cinematic textures that bridge the gap between stage and screen.Originally trained as a concert composer and pianist, Richardson has written for the LA Philharmonic and premiered her compositions internationally, from Walt Disney Concert Hall to The Royal Opera House in London. Most recently, she composed the score for the 2024 Oscar-winning film, The Last Repair Shop, which earned her a Critics’ Choice Nomination and ASCAP Composers’ Choice Nomination for Best Documentary Score. Other projects include PBS special Keeping the Pinelands and music arrangements for the 96th Academy Awards. Notably, she has also worked with A-list composer Danny Elfman on Dr. Strange (2022) and with Rob Simonsen on Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).Richardson’s creative spirit also brings her to the world of modern dance, with scores for Norwegian National Ballet, Munich Ballet, and Joffrey Ballet. Her most recent work, VORTEX, is a 75-minute collaboration with esteemed British choreographer Russell Maliphant, which debuted at Sadler’s Wells in London in May 2023.Richardson is an alumna of the University of Southern California and a Trustee Scholarship recipient. She is represented by Kraft-Engel Management.polina cherezova
Polina Cherezova is a Russian American pianist and arts journalist based in Los Angeles. She is an alumna of the University of Southern California where she received her Master’s degree in arts journalism while studying piano performance at the Thornton School of Music under the instruction of Antoinette Perry.Cherezova has performed solo concerts across venues in Los Angeles. Her musical career has taken her abroad to Italy where she performed at international music festivals including Music Fest Perugia and Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival. In the summer of 2016 she made her European orchestral debut performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor in Perugia, Italy with the University of Alicante Symphony.Cherezova’s passion for telling stories through music has made its way into her professional journalistic work. Her interests lie in breaking traditional boundaries within the arts and her award-winning work has been featured on local NPR stations KCRW, KPCC, and KQED, as well as in Spectrum News, CULTURED magazine, The LA Phil, and others.
