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Talent: Piano
Social Impact: Colors 4 Kids Director: Rachel Kohler Next Competition Date: TBA in Detroit Lakes |
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Catherine Jaroszewski is currently a Senior at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, MN, Majoring in Piano Performance. She will be graduating summa cum laude in May 2021. She plans on furthering her education by obtaining her Masters and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in order to teach piano and music theory at the university level. From a young age, Catherine was gifted with many musical talents. Her love for the arts has been divided amongst 13 instruments, dance, visual art, and voice. Catherine has received numerous local, regional, and state awards in voice, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and piano. She has been a featured soloist and collaborative musician across the United States and Europe. She has performed with groups, such as “The Minnesota Ambassadors of Music” for the 2018 European Tour, “The Marcia M. Knuttila Piano Studio” of Thief River Falls, MN, in the annual multi-duo piano performances, and Oklahoma State University’s “2016 Summer Piano Festival”. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, Catherine has performed piano works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Copland, Crumb, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, and many more. She maintains an active membership with the Minnesota Music Teachers Association (MMTA) and has been an adjudicator for the Northwest Ensemble Piano Festival and NW District Piano Theory Exams, both held annually in Detroit Lakes, MN. In 2016, Catherine opened the “Catherine I. Jaroszewski Piano Studio”; while also being employed as the Music Director for Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Piano Accompanist for the Adult Choir at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, all in Frazee, MN. For Catherine, supporting the arts, in all of its forms, is very important. Did you know, she was one of the featured illustrators for “Sparkle Lake”? The book, written by Miss Northwest 2010 – Melissa Paakh, is about preserving Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes through environmental responsibility. Catherine is also an environmental advocate and has partnered with “The Crayon Initiative” of Northern California to #shareyourcolors. Every year, more than 60 million crayons are discarded to landfills, creating non-biodegradable waste. Catherine’s social impact initiative, “Colors 4 Kids”, is determined to eliminate this on-going problem by turning negative actions into positive, and colorful, results. Through her important environmental initiative, Catherine collects used crayons from homes, schools, and businesses of the Northwest Minnesota area, and donates them to “The Crayon Initiative”. There, these crayons are melted and remolded, in order to re-purpose them into new crayons for Children’s Hospitals across the United States. It’s a win-win situation for the environment and the children in the Children’s Hospitals! In her free time, Catherine enjoys traveling, shoe shopping, kayaking, and spending time with friends, family, and her two cats. She also looks forward to spending her summers, in Frazee, MN, working on the farm by driving tractors, feeding the cattle, and completing construction projects with her assistant, Brandi (the farm dog). Follow Catherine on Instagram (@missnorthwest.2019) and Facebook (Miss Northwest & Miss Northwest Outstanding Teen Pageant) for updates on her journey to Miss Minnesota, “Colors 4 Kids”, and much more! |
