“With FEATHERS Jarzebowski joins a growing cadre of composers—Caroline Shaw, Anna Meredith, Mica Levi—who are dismantling classical’s cold marble walls from the inside out. ‘FEATHERS’—equal parts fairy tale, ballet, and quiet rebellion—proves that the imagination is not only alive but soaring. “
“A sound adventure filled with fluttering flutes, grumpy low brass, sneaky bird sounds, thunderclaps, and even an accordion exhale that sounds like a sleeping dragon. It’s cinematic, surreal, and totally transportive—like stumbling into a dreamworld where everything is made of music and memory.”
“FEATHERS doesn’t just invite you to listen—it dares you to imagine. To believe that a bunch of instruments and found sounds can become something bigger. Something weirder. Something a little braver. If you like your classical music with a side of wonder and a splash of the unexpected, this one’s for you.”
“FEATHERS, the new album from composer Katy Jarzebowski, takes listeners on a fantastic voyage through what Calvin Dotsey, writing about Walt Disney’s Fantasia, described as the “playground of the imagination that is the orchestra.”
“At once deliciously experimental and at times exuberant, FEATHERS is rife with wide-ranging, enchanting, emotional arcs. A work of genius.”
“Katy Jarzebowski’s FEATHERS doesn’t just blur the line between composition and sound design. It treats that division like a suggestion, then quietly ignores it. Rooted in her ballet collaboration […] with choreographer Emily Adams, the album feels like the natural result of someone who’s just as comfortable on a Hollywood scoring stage as in a rehearsal room full of motion. Born from the strange stasis of the pandemic, this music doesn’t just reflect isolation. It animates it, giving breath and texture to the quiet spaces we usually ignore.”
“Katy Jarzebowski manages to deliver such a lush and beautiful array of diversity in cinematic and dreamlike approaches, where each track has its own unique atmosphere, whether it be symphonic, theatrical, orchestral, or even electronic.”
“FEATHERS […] embodies Jarzebowski’s mission to evolve classical music without losing its emotional heart, inviting listeners to rediscover the wonder of childhood through sound.”
“Adams’ movements and the score by Katy Jarzebowski wove effortlessly together, […] the orchestral melodies diverging and converging with industrial noise and nature sounds.”
Winner, 2023 Best Short Documentary Score (Bubjan)
Best Score Nomination at the 2022 IDA’s; THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER (MTV Documentary Films)
“… the score by Katy Jarzebowski has a raw, unsettling sound, adding to the mood of dislocation and displacement.”
“The intoxicating, tension-filled score from Katy Jarzebowski conjures up expectations of heart-stopping revelations…“
“The score by Katy Jarzebowski […] gives the film an electric charge.”