Katalina ​Serenades

Bio

I remember when I was 3 or 4 years old, and my father bought me a pink ​microphone and speaker. I had him sit on my bed and watch me put on a ​concert. As a child I remember always idolizing Disney channel singers and how I ​wanted to sound exactly like them. They had beautiful voices and I loved ​listening to their music. I knew I always wanted to be a performer, and sound ​beautiful to others. In elementary school, we had to be in chorus for 4th and 5th ​grade. Although a lot of the kids agonized having to do it, I was more than happy ​to participate. I had already fallen in love with singing. As I started gaining a ​sense of independence and maturity at 9 years old, I realized that this was ​something I wanted to take seriously. And I performed that year with the entire ​4th grade and auditioned for my first solo. It was the first time I had ever sang in ​front of anyone. It was so necessary, that I broke out of my shell and attempted ​at becoming the star I always dreamed of. I didn’t get the solo, but I did sing in ​front of people for the first time.

My approach

In middle school, I started understanding my sense of style and affiliations ​with the jazz genre. I discovered the icon that I would devote most of my life ​trying to attain the same glamour, sophistication and melodic voice. That ​was Marilyn Monroe. After Marilyn, I branched out to her forerunners of ​music. Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, and the ​woman herself, Ella Fitzgerald. Ever since middle school, I have longed to ​be a jazz artist. To showcase myself as a melodic, classy, and lush ​performer. My name is Katalina, and I will be your serenader this evening.