This year’s Monterey Jazz Festival Camp has been amazing in so many respects — but one of the most amazing parts has been watching my daughter change before my very eyes. Some of my wonderment comes from thinking about that other important Mom — Shirley Kiatta — who left such a beautiful comment here on this [...]
With Heartfelt Thanks to the Kiatta Family
Honoring Hydeus
The Hydeus Kiatta Scholarship to The Monterey Jazz Festival Camp
Sadly, last fall the world lost a talented and beautiful young jazz singer named Hydeus Kiatta. Thanks to the generosity of the Kiatta Family who established a jazz education scholarship in their daughter’s honor, I received a full scholarship to the world famous Monterey Jazz Festival Camp so that I could continue my vocal jazz [...]
