Celebration of Music - Talent Search

Katryna Alexis is honored to be a part of Celebration of Music. Katryna is a 15 year old singer/songwriter. She is a versatile singer who enjoys singing pop, rock, oldies, musical theatre, country, religious, and R&B music. Katryna has been performing live since age 7. She has performed at: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena; The Daily's Place Amphitheatre; Orlando Convention Center; Tallahassee Capitol Hill; Jumbo Shrimp Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville; The Ritz Theatre; Clay County Fair; Suwannee Music Park; TPC Sawgrass; Jacksonville Landing; Flagler College; Seawalk Pavilion, Mudville, and more. She opened up for Linda Davis, Granger Smith, and other Nashville Artists. She loves performing at charity events such as: Foster Closet, Blake Bortle’s Foundation Best Buddy Program, Donovin Darius Foundation, Field of Dreams Baseball, Relay for Life, Military events, Autism events, and many more. She enjoys performing at professional sporting events: Jacksonville Sharks Football, Jumbo Shrimp Baseball, Jacksonville Giants ABA Basketball, St. Augustine Glory ABA Basketball, and Jacksonville Armada Soccer.

Through her singing, Katryna Alexis is actively raising awareness for foster care, adoption, and Autism. She was adopted at 3 months of age from foster care. Katryna has been brought up in a diverse family from the start. In addition to being adopted and being bi-racial, she was adopted by a father who was born in Cuba and a mother who was born in the Philippines. She also has a brother with Autism. He is her hero and inspiration. Every day, he reminds her of the meaning of unconditional love. She embraces her diversity with positive energy and confidence.

She has been blessed with having a supportive singing community since she was 7 years old. She was asked by Mr. Rocky Di Georgio to sing in the San Juan Del Rio adult choir as a choir member and a soloist. Since then, she continued to be surrounded by wonderful and inspiring music mentors through events, schools, and private coaching from: Carrie Boyer, Cindy Delaparte, Jeremy McKinnies, Deb McDuffie, Barbara Mattingly, Juanita Rock Hotard, Eric Charlton, and Chrys Rowe.

Along with her passion for music, she is also an honor roll student who enjoys playing volleyball at Bartram Trail High School and Orlando Tampa Volleyball Association. She is also a member of the Ritz Voice Elite and Bartram High School Voice Ensemble Choir. She is humbled to be the only freshmen accepted in Voice Ensemble Choir 4. On her spare time, she loves volunteering at Foster Closet.