WHETHER IT IS THE SMALL INTIMATE SETTING OF A PRIVATE PARTY, A LIVING ROOM HOUSE CONCERT IN PERSON OR ONLINE, OR A LARGER EVENT WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, Kaleo Wheeler is fully present in the world of the song she is sharing.  She draws the audience in to open their hearts, giving them a "time out" from all the stresses and concerns in today's world through listening to stories and music that are positive, uplifting, inspiring and heartfelt. The audience returns home feeling more relaxed and at peace within themselves.  

 

KALEO WHEELER HAS BEEN SINGING FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER.  She began her formal training in her early teens after two doctors told her mother that she had an unusually large opening in her throat, something they said was characteristic of exceptional singers.  Her vocal studies continued into adulthood, eventually leading her to become a voice specialist and teacher herself. 

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KALEO ALSO BEGAN PERFORMING AS A FEMALE VOCALIST IN HER TEENS, FIRST SINGING POPULAR SONGS She later studied classical music and opera, completing her college training at the Academy of Dramatic Art, where she moved into musical theatre.  After graduation, she lived in New York City, singing and appearing professionally in cabaret and nightclubs, including Catch a Rising Star and the Improv.  She was the opening act on a  college circuit, working with the current up and coming comics who included Jerry Seinfeld.  She performed in musical theatre, including the title role in a Florida production of “Mame.” She recorded demos for several composers; and in 1992 was the vocalist on Jack Conrad’s recording, "Mother Earth Dance”  In 2007, she completed her first solo CD, “Ulana, The Way of the Heart”.

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SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, THE POSITIVE MUSIC ASSOCIATION, THAT WAS CREATED IN 2017. Her music genre is Positive Music, and and her music repertoire includes light jazz, standards from the 40’s through the 70’s, show tunes and world music, and Celtic songs. In 2001, Kaleo began studying harp and now sometimes accompanies her rich, warm and powerful voice with a small harp, as well as with instrumental tracks.  She has been a Certified Music Practitioner through the Music For Healing and Transition Program (MHTP), sharing live therapeutic music through her voice and music for the sick in hospitals, nursing homes and with those in hospice in the final stages of transition since 2005. 

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KALEO ALSO BECAME A CERTIFIED MUSIC PRACTITIONER THROUGH THE MUSIC FOR HEALING AND TRANSITION PROGRAM (MHTP) IN 2015.  She shares live therapeutic music at the bedside through her voice and small harp. Her specialties are in sharing music with those who are actively dying (in their final stage of their transition) and those with dymentia and alzheimer's disease.  She has shared her therapeutic music in hospices, nursing homes, assisted living and memory care facilities and in private homes.

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KALEO ALSO BECAME A PERFORMING ARTIST WITH THE GINA FOR MISSING PERSONS FOUNDATION IN 2007. Gina is a national group of music artists who helps bring attention and media awareness to missing persons worldwide.  Many of her concerts are benefit concerts—most often as a GINA artist focusing on a local missing person. To date, GINA has found over 1100 missing persons.  For more info on GINA, go to: www.411gina.org. Kaleo also sometimes dedicates a concert to a local community issue as in helping to raise awareness and funding for a local women's shelter.

 

KALEO HAS ALSO PRODUCED CONCERTS

with other Positive Music artists, including a benefit concert for the Masonic Temple in Asheville North Carolina

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KALEO IS AN INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST

She has a solo CD, Ulana the Way of the Heart, that she completed in 2008.  She has also been the vocalist on several other Recordings for other Music Artists

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