Kyle Rojewski August Fine Arts Youth of the Month

August 24, 2015

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 Kyle Rojewski, a SHS Senior, is the August Fine Arts Youth of the Month, and has been involved with a variety of Fine Arts activities, with the extra-curricular Fine Arts activities at Seward High School and in the community. Kyle is a leader in many activities at Seward High School.  He has been involved with and is a three year member of the SHS Marching Band with his trumpet-participating in SHS Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Pep Band and Jazz Band, and serves as a section leader with the groups.

He has been involved in the SHS Musical for three years with the lead role and a member/leader/soloist of the SHS Select Choir.  Kyle is also a key soloist at many Show Choir and Choir competitions for Seward High’s vocal groups, participating as a soloist in events, such as the annual District Music Contest.  He was selected from auditions to be a representative in the annual All State Choir program and annually participates in the Concordia University Musical Arts Day.  He won the vocal GFWC Fine Arts Day competition for NFWC District IV.

Academically, Kyle is a leader in the classroom, works well with other students and always on the SHS Honor Roll.  He was selected to be an SHS Student of the Month.

Kyle is a member of the SHS Varsity Speech team, double entered in two events.  He has been an involved leader in the SHS One Act plays for the last two years at Seward high school, and has enjoyed the lead role both years  in the competition selected one act play-receiving a top acting award as Outstanding Actor at both the Central Conference and District Levels.  He was the local winner and District finalist and regional finalist in the VFW Voice of Democracy Speech Contest, and annually participates in Poetry Out Loud competition, sponsored by the Seward Arts Council and Nebraska Arts Council.

Kyle also participates in the annual Summer Concordia University Summer High School Chamber Choir program-performing in various presentations to the community throughout the summer.  He has also been the lead villain and hero in the Seward community melodrama /theatre presentations during the summer months the last three summers in Seward, and was a feature soloist in the July 4 USO Show this last summer.

He is a member of Seward United Methodist Church in Seward and an active, involved voice for their youth program.  He is a member of the Methodist Youth and sings in the Methodist Praise Band.  Kyle is responsible to produce and video the weekly Seward United Methodist Church worship service, which is distributed to the membership and placed on the local cable channel. Kyle is employed by the Seward United Methodist Church on a part time basis.

One of Kyle’s hobbies and interests is film and he is involved in a variety of independent film/video projects for friends, Seward High and community groups. He was recently recognized as an outstanding High School Fine Arts Student and the recipient of the UNL Hixon-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Award-in the category of Theater-Film / New Media at the University of Nebraska.

He plans to attend UNL, with a major in Film Studies.

He is the son of Jed and Judy Rojewski of Seward.